U+10050 "𐁐" Linear B Symbol B018 Unicode Character

U+10050 "𐁐" Linear B Symbol B018 is a glyph from the Linear B script, which was used in Mycenaean Greece during the Late Bronze Age, primarily for administrative and economic records. This specific symbol represents one of the syllabic signs in the Linear B syllabary, identified by the code B018, and it corresponds to the phonetic value /ra/. Deciphered by Michael Ventris and John Chadwick in the 1950s, Linear B inscriptions were predominantly found on clay tablets preserved in sites like Knossos and Pylos, and the symbol B018 serves as a vital component in reconstructing the early Greek language and its writing system.