U+122EF "𒋯" Cuneiform Sign Ta Gunu Unicode Character

U+122EF "𒋯" Cuneiform Sign Ta Gunu is a logographic or syllabic sign from the ancient Sumerian and Akkadian cuneiform script, specifically a variant of the basic "TA" sign distinguished by the addition of a "gunu" diacritic, which typically involves extra wedge marks or cross-hatching to modify its phonetic or semantic value. This character was used in the writing of Sumerian and later Akkadian on clay tablets, often appearing in administrative, religious, or literary texts from the late third to first millennium BCE. The "gunu" class of signs indicated a derived or complex reading, potentially altering the pronunciation or meaning of the base "TA" sign in specific lexical or grammatical contexts. Today, it is encoded in the Unicode Standard’s Cuneiform block for digital representation and scholarly study of Mesopotamian languages.