U+1004A "𐁊" Linear B Syllable B068 Ro2 Unicode Character

U+1004A "𐁊" Linear B Syllable B068 Ro2 is a character from the Linear B script, an ancient syllabary used primarily for writing Mycenaean Greek, which was the earliest attested form of the Greek language. This specific syllabogram represents the sound "ro2," a variant of the more common "ro" syllable, and was inscribed on clay tablets dating from the 15th to 12th centuries BCE, found at archaeological sites like Knossos and Pylos. Scholars interpret "ro2" as a distinct phonetic sign within the complex Linear B system, which encoded administrative and economic records of the Mycenaean palaces. The character is part of the Unicode standard's Linear B Syllabary block, added in 2005 to support digital encoding of this historic writing system.