U+103A1 "𐎡" Old Persian Sign I Unicode Character

U+103A1 "𐎡" Old Persian Sign I is a cuneiform symbol used in the Old Persian script, a writing system employed by the Achaemenid Empire from the 6th to 4th centuries BCE to inscribe monumental texts on stone, such as the famous Behistun Inscription. This character represents the vowel sound "i" and is part of a primarily syllabic script that, under the reign of Darius the Great, was deliberately created to record the Persian language in a unique, wedge-shaped form. As a member of the Old Persian block in Unicode, it allows modern scholars and digital historians to accurately preserve, study, and share these ancient inscriptions, linking contemporary technology directly to one of the earliest known Iranian writing traditions.