U+101FA "𐇺" Phaistos Disc Sign Strainer Unicode Character

U+101FA "𐇺" Phaistos Disc Sign Strainer is a symbol found on the enigmatic Phaistos Disc, a fired clay artifact discovered in the Minoan palace of Phaistos on Crete in 1908, dated to the second millennium BCE. This sign, part of a still undeciphered pictographic script, depicts what appears to be a strainer or sieve of unknown function, possibly representing a tool for food preparation or a religious implement. While its exact meaning remains a mystery, it is one of 45 unique symbols on the disc, which is widely believed to be a form of proto writing, though theories ranging from a hymn to a calendar to a hoax have been proposed. The inclusion of such a specific object in the Phaistos Disc's inventory highlights the complexity of Minoan symbolic culture.