U+10003 "𐀃" Linear B Syllable B061 O Unicode Character

U+10003 "𐀃" Linear B Syllable B061 O is a specific glyph from the Linear B script, an ancient writing system used primarily for recording Mycenaean Greek on clay tablets between roughly 1450 and 1200 BCE. This particular character represents the syllable "o," and its discovery was crucial to Michael Ventris's successful decipherment of Linear B in the 1950s, which revealed the script to be an early form of Greek. The character is part of the Unicode Linear B Syllabary block, allowing for its digital representation and study of the administrative and economic texts from major Mycenaean sites such as Knossos and Pylos.