U+10921 "𐤡" Lydian Letter B Unicode Character

U+10921 "𐤡" Lydian Letter B is a letter from the Lydian alphabet, an ancient script used in the region of Lydia in western Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) from roughly the 8th to the 3rd century BCE. This character represents the voiced bilabial stop sound /b/ and is part of a writing system adapted from the Phoenician alphabet, further influenced by Greek script. The Lydian language, an Indo-European tongue related to Hittite and Luwian, was deciphered from inscriptions found on stone monuments, coins, and pottery, with this letter appearing in words and names that provide valuable historical insights into the culture and economy of the Lydian kingdom, particularly its famous king Croesus and the early use of coinage.