U+10306 "𐌆" Old Italic Letter Ze Unicode Character

U+10306 "𐌆" Old Italic Letter Ze is a character from the Old Italic script, an ancient writing system used across the Italian peninsula before the rise of the Latin alphabet. This specific letter represents the sound equivalent to the English "z" or the Greek zeta, and it was typically used in Etruscan and early Italic inscriptions. The Old Italic block, which includes this character, was added to Unicode to support the digital representation of historical texts, enabling researchers and enthusiasts to accurately preserve and study the linguistic heritage of pre Roman Italy.