U+12013 "𒀓" Cuneiform Sign Ab Times Shesh Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒀓
U+12013 "𒀓" Cuneiform Sign Ab Times Shesh is a composite glyph from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, specifically designed by combining the signs for "Ab" (water, sea) and "Shesh" (the number six). This character belongs to the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block in Unicode, representing a logographic or syllabic value used in ancient Mesopotamian writing, likely for administrative, lexical, or religious texts. Its formation by multiplying two distinct signs illustrates the complexity of cuneiform's ligature system, where scribes merged symbols to create new meanings or phonetic sounds in the Sumerian and Akkadian languages.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12013 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Ab Times Shesh |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒀓 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒀓 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x80 0x93 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDC13 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012013 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udc13 |