U+10A9D "𐪝" Old North Arabian Number One Unicode Character

U+10A9D "𐪝" Old North Arabian Number One is a numeral from the ancient script used in the Arabian Peninsula, roughly between the 8th and 4th centuries BCE, to represent the number one in a decimal system. This character belongs to the Old North Arabian block, which was added to the Unicode Standard in 2014 as part of version 7.0 to support the historical writing systems of pre Islamic Arabia. The glyph appears as a simple vertical or slightly angled stroke, reflecting a common cross cultural pattern for representing the unit value in early tally based or alphabetic numeral systems. As a historical numeral, it provides insight into the commercial and record keeping practices of ancient North Arabian cultures, linking the symbol to inscriptions found on stone and metal artifacts across the region.