U+10623 "𐘣" Linear A Sign Ab040 Unicode Character

U+10623 "𐘣" Linear A Sign Ab040 is a symbol from the undeciphered Linear A script used by the Minoan civilization on Crete during the Bronze Age. Designated with the number Ab040 in the standard classification by scholars, this character represents one of the many syllabic or ideographic signs found on clay tablets and other inscriptions. Its exact phonetic value and meaning remain unknown due to the lack of a bilingual Rosetta Stone for Linear A, though it is often compared with similar-looking signs in the related Linear B script, which was used for writing Mycenaean Greek. The character was added to the Unicode Standard in 2014 as part of a major encoding of ancient scripts, allowing it to be used in digital text for research and preservation.