U+10387 "𐎇" Ugaritic Letter Zeta Unicode Character

U+10387 "𐎇" Ugaritic Letter Zeta is a cuneiform script symbol used to represent the sound "z" in the Ugaritic language, an ancient Northwest Semitic language spoken in the city of Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra, Syria) during the Late Bronze Age. This character belongs to the Ugaritic alphabet, which is a unique 30-letter consonantal script written from left to right, and its name "Zeta" reflects its connection to the Greek phonetic tradition adapted for Ugaritic studies. The 2010 edition of The Unicode Standard includes this character in the Ugaritic block (U+10380 to U+1039F) as part of the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, providing digital support for the scholarly transcription and reproduction of ancient Ugaritic texts, which are crucial for understanding Canaanite religion, literature, and early alphabetic writing.