U+14440 "𔑀" Anatolian Hieroglyph A058 Unicode Character

U+14440 "𔑀" Anatolian Hieroglyph A058 is a symbol from the Anatolian hieroglyphic script, a writing system used primarily in the Bronze and Iron Ages by the Luwian people in what is now modern-day Turkey and northern Syria. This specific glyph represents a pictorial sign, likely depicting a human head or face, and is part of a larger corpus of over 500 known hieroglyphs that were used for monumental inscriptions on stone and seals. Anatolian hieroglyphs were deciphered in the 20th century through comparative analysis with cuneiform texts, revealing that they encode both logographic and syllabic elements of the Luwian language, an Indo-European tongue. The inclusion of U+14440 in the Unicode Standard ensures digital preservation and accessibility of this ancient script for scholars, linguists, and enthusiasts studying the history and culture of the Hittite and Luwian civilizations.