U+120BB "ð’‚»" Cuneiform Sign Ga2 Times Ab2 Tenu Plus Tab Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

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U+120BB "ð’‚»" Cuneiform Sign Ga2 Times Ab2 Tenu Plus Tab is a specific glyph from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, classified within the Early Dynastic and later Mesopotamian writing systems. It represents a complex ligature composed of the sign "GA2" combined with a modified form of "AB2" (a cow or cattle sign) and the additional element "TAB" (often associated with a tablet or a double sign), with the "Tenu" indicating a particular cuneiform variant or reduced form. This character was used primarily in administrative and economic texts, likely denoting a specific type of container, unit, or commodity associated with storage or accounting in ancient city states like Uruk or Ur. Its inclusion in Unicode enables digital preservation and scholarly study of cuneiform inscriptions, allowing researchers to transcribe and analyze ancient records with greater precision.

General Properties

Code Point U+120BB
Version Added 5.0
Name Cuneiform Sign Ga2 Times Ab2 Tenu Plus Tab
Block Cuneiform
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 𒂻
HTML Hex Encoding 𒂻
UTF-8 Encoding 0xF0 0x92 0x82 0xBB
UTF-16 Encoding 0xD808 0xDCBB
UTF-32 Encoding 0x000120BB
C/C++/Java Escape \ud808\udcbb

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
NFKD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Script Cuneiform
Script Extensions Cuneiform
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter