U+12459 "ð’‘™" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Eshe3 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
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U+12459 "ð’‘™" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Eshe3 is a numerical symbol from the ancient cuneiform script, specifically representing the number two in the Eshe3 system, which was used in Sumerian and Akkadian administrative and mathematical texts. This character belongs to the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block of Unicode, which preserves the numeric notations carved into clay tablets by scribes in Mesopotamia. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows digital representation and study of these historical accounting systems, where "Eshe3" denotes a particular numeric class tied to grain or capacity measurements.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+12459 |
| Version Added | 5.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Eshe3 |
| Block | Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation |
| General Category | Letter Number |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒑙 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒑙 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x91 0x99 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDC59 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00012459 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udc59 |