U+10A63 "𐩣" Old South Arabian Letter Mem Unicode Character

U+10A63 "𐩣" Old South Arabian Letter Mem is a grapheme from the ancient script used to write the languages of pre-Islamic South Arabia, such as Sabaic. This character represents the consonant sound equivalent to the modern English letter "M" and was part of an abjad, or consonant-only alphabet, that carved inscriptions on stone and metal monuments from around the 9th century BCE to the 6th century CE. Its name "Mem" derives from the name of the corresponding letter in the closely related Ethiopian Ge'ez script and ultimately traces back to the Phoenician alphabet's "Mem," which itself means "water." The Old South Arabian script, including this letter, is written from right to left and is now preserved primarily in archaeological artifacts and scholarly digital standards.