U+12339 "𒌹" Cuneiform Sign Uru Times Ashgab Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𒌹
U+12339 "𒌹" Cuneiform Sign Uru Times Ashgab is a specific glyph from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a compound sign formed by combining the characters for "URU" (city) and "ASHGAB" (leatherworker or tanner). This sign likely functioned as a logogram or determinative in administrative and economic texts, denoting a place or profession related to leatherworking within a city context. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard within the Cuneiform block (U+12000 to U+123FF) allows for digital preservation and modern computational use of this historically significant writing system, aiding scholars and enthusiasts in accurately reproducing and studying ancient Mesopotamian documents.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12339 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Uru Times Ashgab |
| Block | Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒌹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒌹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x8C 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD808 0xDF39 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012339 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud808\udf39 |