U+109DF "𐧟" Meroitic Cursive Number Five Thousand Unicode Character

U+109DF "𐧟" Meroitic Cursive Number Five Thousand is a numeric symbol from the Meroitic script, which was used in the ancient Kingdom of Kush, located in present-day Sudan, primarily between the 3rd century BCE and the 4th century CE. This character represents the value of five thousand in the Meroitic cursive numeral system, a decimal system that combined specific signs for units, tens, hundreds, and thousands. The Meroitic script was used to write the Meroitic language, and while its alphabetic forms are well documented, the numerals, particularly the cursive variants like this one, provide insight into the administrative and economic practices of Kushite civilization.