U+10040 "𐁀" Linear B Syllable B025 A2 Unicode Character

U+10040 "𐁀" Linear B Syllable B025 A2 is a syllabic sign from the Linear B script, an ancient writing system used primarily for recording Mycenaean Greek on clay tablets dating from roughly 1450 to 1200 BCE. This particular syllable, transliterated as "a2," represents a specific phonetic value in the syllabary, which consists of approximately 87 distinct signs used to write syllables rather than individual letters. The character is part of the Linear B Syllabary block in the Unicode standard, encoded in Plane 1 (the Supplementary Multilingual Plane), and is essential for digital representation of archaeological texts, allowing scholars to transcribe and analyze ancient administrative records found at sites like Knossos and Pylos.