What 𒑗 means
It records three bariga in cuneiform capacity notation. A bariga is a volume measure. During the Ur III and Old Babylonian periods, the system measured grain, oil, dairy, beer, and boat capacity.
The wider numeral tradition reaches the fourth millennium BCE. A curved predecessor appears in the Early Dynastic period; later forms use wedges, and their value depends on the period’s measurement system.
What does 𒑗 mean when someone sends it?
Context supplies the sender’s intent. Without a cuneiform passage, ask whether it is historical, scholarly, or decorative before treating it as a quantity.
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Who writes 𒑗
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𒑗 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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How to type or find 𒑗
- Also called
- NIGIDAEŠ · 3(bariga) · 3(barig)
- Search it as
- nigidaesh · 3 bariga · 3 barig · bariga · cuneiform measure
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𒑗\12457Codes and encoding1 code points
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