U+10865 "𐡥" Palmyrene Letter Waw Unicode Character

U+10865 "𐡥" Palmyrene Letter Waw is a character from the Palmyrene alphabet, an ancient script used primarily in the Syrian city of Palmyra between the 1st century BCE and the 3rd century CE. This letter represents the consonant sound "w" or the vowel "u" and is the sixth letter in the Palmyrene abjad, corresponding to the Hebrew letter Vav and the Arabic letter Waw. Palmyrene script itself derived from the Aramaic alphabet and was employed for writing the local Palmyrene dialect of Aramaic, often found on inscriptions, monuments, and trade documents that reflect the city's role as a vital caravan hub. Today, the character is included in Unicode to support historical and scholarly digital preservation of this extinct writing system, allowing researchers to accurately encode ancient texts.