U+10F02 "𐼂" Old Sogdian Letter Beth Unicode Character

U+10F02 "𐼂" Old Sogdian Letter Beth is an ancient script character used to represent the second letter of the Old Sogdian alphabet, a writing system descended from Aramaic that was employed in Central Asia for the Sogdian language from roughly the 4th to the 10th centuries CE. This character, called Beth, corresponds to the sound /b/ and is a direct predecessor to letters in later scripts such as the Syriac and Manichaean alphabets. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard helps preserve and digitally encode this historical writing system, enabling scholars and enthusiasts to correctly represent and study Sogdian texts, which are crucial for understanding the cultural and commercial exchanges along the Silk Road.