U+12032 "𒀲" Cuneiform Sign Anshe Unicode Character

U+12032 "𒀲" Cuneiform Sign Anshe is a specific glyph from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, representing the logogram for "donkey" or "ass," often used in administrative and economic texts from Mesopotamia. This character belongs to the Cuneiform block of the Unicode Standard, which was added to enable digital encoding and preservation of thousands of wedge‑shaped signs that were inscribed on clay tablets over four thousand years ago. The sign Anshe is composed of distinct wedge marks that combine to convey its meaning syllabically or logographically, illustrating the complexity of the world’s earliest known writing system.