U+1085A "𐡚" Imperial Aramaic Number Three Unicode Character

U+1085A "𐡚" Imperial Aramaic Number Three is a numeral from the Imperial Aramaic script, an ancient writing system used by the Achaemenid Empire for administrative and official purposes between approximately the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE. This character specifically represents the numeric value three, appearing as a distinct glyph that differs from the letters of the Imperial Aramaic alphabet. It belongs to the Imperial Aramaic block in Unicode, which was added to the standard in 2009 to support the digital encoding of this historical script. The use of a dedicated numeral in Imperial Aramaic reflects the script’s role in recording transactions, tax records, and correspondence, where numeric clarity was essential for governance across the vast Persian Empire.