What 𒍵 means
It can be a cuneiform sign for sixty. From late Middle Babylonian onward—a later phase of Babylonian history—this quantity sign appears in written amounts of silver, sheep, bricks, and other goods. Whether it reads as sixty depends on context; some passages leave its reading uncertain.
Cuneiform writing began at Uruk around 3400–3300 BCE as a way to keep records of goods and services. Scribes later used it for languages including Akkadian and Hittite. DIŠŠU is a ligature: one sign formed from the component signs 𒁹 (DIŠ) and 𒋗 (ŠU).
A specialist historical sign, suited to discussions of cuneiform texts.
Do not assume it means sixty outside a quantity context.
Who writes 𒍵
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Related characters
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𒍵 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 𒍵
- Also called
- DIŠ+ŠU
- Search it as
- cuneiform sign for sixty · Babylonian quantity sign · DIŠ+ŠU ligature
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𒍵\12375Codes and encoding1 code points
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