U+1249B "ð’’›" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Kur Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
ð’’›
U+1249B "ð’’›" Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Kur is a specific glyph from the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform script, representing a compound sign formed by combining the signs DUG and KUR. In cuneiform writing, such ligatures often convey nuanced meanings related to their component parts, though the precise phonetic or semantic value of this particular character is not fully attested in standard lexical lists. It belongs to the Early Dynastic Cuneiform block in Unicode, which encodes archaic signs from the third millennium BCE, and its inclusion allows for the accurate digital representation of ancient Mesopotamian texts for scholarly research and preservation.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1249B |
| Version Added | 8.0 |
| Name | Cuneiform Sign Dug Times Kur |
| Block | Early Dynastic Cuneiform |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𒒛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𒒛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x92 0x92 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD809 0xDC9B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001249B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud809\udc9b |