U+16F6 "ᛶ" Runic Letter Franks Casket Eh Unicode Character

U+16F6 "ᛶ" Runic Letter Franks Casket Eh is a distinct variant of the rune for the "eh" sound, specifically derived from the famous 8th century Franks Casket, a whalebone chest carved with Anglo-Saxon runic inscriptions. Unlike the more common standard rune for "eh" (ᛖ), which represents the vowel sound, this version features a distinctive cross or X-shaped inner marking, making it a scribal or stylistic alternate used in that particular artifact. Its inclusion in Unicode allows scholars and digital typographers to accurately encode and represent the precise orthography found on the Franks Casket, preserving a unique historical variation of the Elder Futhark runic alphabet.