U+1004B "𐁋" Linear B Syllable B066 Ta2 Unicode Character
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U+1004B "𐁋" Linear B Syllable B066 Ta2 is part of the Linear B script, a syllabic writing system used in Mycenaean Greece between roughly 1450 and 1200 BCE for recording the early Greek language on clay tablets. This specific character represents the syllable "ta2", which is a variant of the more common syllable "ta" and is believed to denote a different phonetic nuance or a scribal tradition within the administrative records of palaces like Knossos and Pylos. Deciphered by Michael Ventris in 1952, Linear B encodes inventories of goods, land holdings, and religious offerings, with U+1004B serving as a trace of the complex economic and linguistic structures of the Bronze Age Aegean.
General Properties
Code Point
U+1004B
Name
Linear B Syllable B066 Ta2
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𐁋
HTML Hex Encoding
𐁋
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0x81 0x8B
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD800 0xDC4B
UTF-32 Encoding
0x0001004B
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud800\udc4b
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Linear B