U+10866 "𐡦" Palmyrene Letter Zayin Unicode Character

U+10866 "𐡦" Palmyrene Letter Zayin is a glyph from the Palmyrene script, an ancient Semitic writing system used in the city of Palmyra (in modern-day Syria) between roughly the 1st century BCE and the 3rd century CE. This letter corresponds to the Phoenician and Hebrew letter Zayin, representing the voiced "z" sound, and is visually characterized by a simple, angular shape with a horizontal or slightly slanted top stroke. As part of the Palmyrene block in Unicode, it is used for historical and linguistic documentation, aiding in the study of the Aramaic dialect and inscriptions from the Palmyrene kingdom, which blended local traditions with Greco-Roman influences.