U+12221 "𒈡" Cuneiform Sign Ma Times Tak4 Unicode Character

U+12221 "𒈡" Cuneiform Sign Ma Times Tak4 is a compound sign from the cuneiform script, one of the earliest known writing systems developed by the Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia. This particular glyph combines the signs for "ma" and "tak4," reflecting a common practice in cuneiform of creating new logograms or syllabic values by merging or overlaying two simpler characters. Belonging to the Cuneiform block in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane, U+12221 was encoded as part of the Unicode Standard to digitally represent the vast corpus of cuneiform texts, which were used for administrative, legal, and literary purposes. This sign, like many in its set, helps modern scholars and digital archives preserve the intricate nuances of writing from the Bronze Age Near East.