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𒐵

cuneiform numeric sign two buru

Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Buru

𒐵 records a land quantity of two buru; it is not the everyday digit 2. Sumerian field accounts used such signs within a separate area-measure system.

Text symbol
Also called
2(BURU) · 2(burʾu)
Search it as
buru · burʾu · bur3 · land measure · cuneiform number
Shows up in
Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws

What 𒐵 means

A land quantity, not a bare count.

In the Ur III dynasty of Sumer, the land measure burʾu equaled ten bur₃ units; each bur₃ equaled three eše, and each eše six iku. So two burʾu totaled 360 iku in that system.

Its recognizable ancestor appears in Uruk field records from the late fourth millennium BCE. Ancient Mesopotamian sites Ur, Uruk, and Jemdet Nasr used different area notation. Unicode 17.0 describes cuneiform fonts based on historical styles, so the same encoded sign may have a different outline.

Don't confuse it with

4
𒐀
Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Ash
shares “cuneiform”, “numeric”, “sign”, “two”
𒐖
Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Gesh2
shares “cuneiform”, “numeric”, “sign”, “two”
𒐟
Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Geshu
shares “cuneiform”, “numeric”, “sign”, “two”
𒐣
Cuneiform Numeric Sign Two Shar2
shares “cuneiform”, “numeric”, “sign”, “two”

Questions people ask

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Why does 𒐵 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.

How to type 𒐵

Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 12435, then Alt+X to get 𒐵.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “cuneiform numeric sign two buru”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 12435, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𒐵
CSS
\12435
Codes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𒐵
HTML hex
𒐵
CSS content
content: "\12435";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%92%90%B5
1
On screen
1
Code points
2
JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes

A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.

Families this belongs to

2

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