U+10859 "𐡙" Imperial Aramaic Number Two Unicode Character

U+10859 "𐡙" Imperial Aramaic Number Two is a numeral from the Imperial Aramaic script, which was used as a lingua franca across the Achaemenid Persian Empire from roughly the 5th to the 3rd century BCE. This character represents the digit two in a numerical system that employed distinct symbols for units, tens, and hundreds. The Imperial Aramaic number two is typically depicted as a horizontal stroke or wedge, reflecting the cuneiform influence on the script. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard’s Imperial Aramaic block (U+10840 to U+1085F) ensures that scholars and linguists can digitally encode and preserve this ancient writing system for historical and philological research.