U+10297 "𐊗" Lycian Letter T Unicode Character

U+10297 "𐊗" Lycian Letter T is a glyph from the ancient Lycian alphabet, which was used to write the Lycian language spoken in southwestern Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) during the first millennium BCE. This letter represents the sound /t/ and is one of the 29 characters in the Lycian script, which was decoded primarily from stone inscriptions. The Lycian alphabet is largely derived from the Greek alphabet, with some local modifications, and its inclusion in Unicode allows researchers to digitally represent and study this extinct language. The character is part of the Lycian block in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, ensuring its preservation for linguistic and historical analysis.