U+10012 "𐀒" Linear B Syllable B070 Ko Unicode Character

U+10012 "𐀒" Linear B Syllable B070 Ko is a specific glyph from the Linear B script, an ancient writing system used primarily for recording Mycenaean Greek on clay tablets in the Late Bronze Age, roughly between 1450 and 1200 BCE. This particular character represents the syllable "ko" as deciphered by Michael Ventris and John Chadwick in the 1950s, and it belongs to the Linear B Syllabary block in Unicode. Found in administrative and economic texts from sites like Knossos and Pylos, the symbol was used to spell words and names in the earliest attested form of Greek, providing crucial insight into the language, trade, and society of Mycenaean civilization.