U+12423 "𒐣" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Shar2 Unicode Character

U+12423 "𒐣" Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Shar2 is a specific numerical glyph from the ancient Mesopotamian cuneiform script, representing the number 2 and the value of two shar2, where a shar2 was a large unit of measure equivalent to 3,600 in the sexagesimal (base 60) number system used by the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians. Part of the Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation block, this character was inscribed by pressing a wedge shaped stylus into wet clay, and its inclusion in Unicode allows for the accurate digital representation and scholarly study of numeric tablets that recorded grain rations, land areas, and astronomical calculations from the third to first millennia BCE.