U+101F7 "𐇷" Phaistos Disc Sign Ox Back Unicode Character

U+101F7 "𐇷" Phaistos Disc Sign Ox Back is a symbol from the undeciphered Phaistos Disc, a Minoan clay artifact discovered in 1908 on the island of Crete and dating to the second millennium BCE. This specific sign depicts the back of an ox or a bovine animal, and it is part of a set of 45 distinct pictographic symbols stamped into the disc using movable type, which suggests an early form of printing. While the exact meaning of "Ox Back" remains unknown, it is thought to represent a common postural motif in the iconography of the ancient Aegean world, possibly conveying a concept related to livestock, labor, or a mythological attribute. The character was added to the Unicode Standard in 2021 under Plane 1 as part of the Phaistos Disc encoded block, allowing for its digital representation and study across modern computing systems.