U+100EF "𐃯" Linear B Ideogram Vessel B216 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 18.0
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U+100EF "𐃯" Linear B Ideogram Vessel B216 is a script symbol from the ancient Linear B writing system used in Mycenaean Greece, specifically representing a type of container or vessel designated as ideogram B216, likely for administrative recording on clay tablets. This character is part of the Linear B Ideograms block within Unicode, which encodes pictographic signs that denote commodities, objects, or measures rather than phonetic sounds. Historically, ideograms like this one were employed by scribes to catalog goods such as liquids, grains, or manufactured items in palace economies, and its precise meaning continues to be studied through archaeological and linguistic analysis.
General Properties
Code Point
U+100EF
Name
Linear B Ideogram Vessel B216
Encodings
HTML Decimal Encoding
𐃯
HTML Hex Encoding
𐃯
UTF-8 Encoding
0xF0 0x90 0x83 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding
0xD800 0xDCEF
UTF-32 Encoding
0x000100EF
C/C++/Java Escape
\ud800\udcef
Unicode Properties
Numeric Value
NaN
Script Extensions
Linear B