U+10295 "𐊕" Lycian Letter R Unicode Character

U+10295 "𐊕" Lycian Letter R is a character from the Lycian script, an ancient alphabet used primarily between 500 and 300 BCE to write the Lycian language in the region of Lycia, in modern-day southwestern Turkey. This letter represents the sound /r/ and is part of a 29-character alphabet derived from the Greek script but with unique local modifications. The Lycian language and script were deciphered in the 19th and 20th centuries, largely through bilingual inscriptions like the Letoon trilingual, allowing scholars to understand its phonetic and linguistic structure. As a historical character, it offers a direct link to the cultural and administrative records of the Lycian people, whose texts often appear on stone monuments and tombs.