U+106E2 "𐛢" Linear A Sign A559 Unicode Character

U+106E2 "𐛢" Linear A Sign A559 is a specific symbol from the undeciphered script known as Linear A, which was used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete from approximately 1800 to 1450 BCE. This particular sign, catalogued as A559 in standard syllabary lists, likely represents a phonetic value or a logogram for a commodity, object, or concept, though its exact meaning remains unknown because the underlying Minoan language has not been fully deciphered. The character was added to the Unicode Standard to facilitate digital encoding and academic study of ancient scripts, appearing in the Linear A block at code point U+106E2, and it is typically rendered using specialized fonts that support historical writing systems. As part of a corpus of over 1,400 known Linear A signs, A559 contributes to ongoing research by epigraphers and linguists seeking to unlock the secrets of this early European script.