U+10998 "𐦘" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Ta Unicode Character

U+10998 "𐦘" Meroitic Hieroglyphic Letter Ta is a symbol from the Meroitic script, an ancient writing system used in the Kingdom of Kush (present-day Sudan) from around the 3rd century BCE to the 4th century CE. This specific glyph represents the syllabic sound "ta" and belongs to the hieroglyphic form of Meroitic writing, which was typically used for monumental inscriptions on temples, stelae, and royal monuments. The Meroitic script, though derived from Egyptian hieroglyphs, was adapted to distinctly symbolize the sounds of the Meroitic language, and the letter Ta illustrates the unique visual and phonetic characteristics that scholars have decoded to understand this once lost civilization.