U+10317 "𐌗" Old Italic Letter Eks Unicode Character

U+10317 "𐌗" Old Italic Letter Eks is a character from the Old Italic script, which was used by various ancient peoples of the Italian peninsula including the Etruscans, Oscans, and Umbrians before the adoption of the Latin alphabet. This particular letter represents the sound /ks/ or /x/, similar to the Greek letter chi or the Latin X, and appears in the Old Italic block of Unicode, which encodes alphabets derived from a common Etruscan source. The character is displayed as a distinct graphic form, often resembling an X or a cross, and is part of a historical writing system that provides insight into the linguistic and cultural heritage of pre-Roman Italy. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and enthusiasts can digitally preserve, study, and share this ancient script in modern text processing environments.