U+10013 "𐀓" Linear B Syllable B081 Ku Unicode Character

U+10013 "𐀓" Linear B Syllable B081 Ku is a syllabic sign from the ancient Linear B script, which was used primarily for writing Mycenaean Greek during the late Bronze Age, roughly between 1450 and 1200 BCE. This particular character represents the syllable "ku" and belongs to a set of over eighty known syllabic signs that were deciphered in the 1950s by Michael Ventris and John Chadwick. The symbol was typically inscribed on clay tablets found in palace archives at sites such as Knossos and Pylos, where it recorded administrative information like inventories of goods and personnel. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard helps preserve and digitally represent this early writing system for scholarly study and cultural heritage.