U+10099 "𐂙" Linear B Monogram B135 Meri Unicode Character

U+10099 "𐂙" Linear B Monogram B135 Meri is part of the Linear B syllabary, an ancient script used primarily for administrative records in Mycenaean Greek civilization before the Greek Dark Ages. This specific character represents a monogram, which is a ligature or combination of signs used as a shorthand for a word or syllable, with "Meri" likely denoting a phonetic value or a particular commodity associated with the Linear B tablets, such as wool or livestock. The character belongs to the Linear B Ideograms block, which encodes both syllabic signs and logographic symbols that recorded economic transactions, inventories, and offerings in palatial centers like Knossos and Pylos. Its inclusion in Unicode helps scholars and linguists digitally preserve and study the earliest attested form of the Greek language, dating to around 1450–1200 BCE.