What 𐙿 means
A339 is a catalog number, not a translation. Linear A is the writing system; the language recorded in it remains undeciphered as of 2026. No secure word-level reading has been established for this particular sign, so its modern label cannot tell you what a Minoan writer meant.
What was Linear A used for?
It mainly records palace administration, with other uses too.
The earliest known evidence for Linear A dates to the Middle Minoan IIA period, a phase of Bronze Age Crete, around 1800 BCE. Clay documents include palace accounts; inscriptions on stone, metal, and painted vessels also appear in ritual or practical settings.
Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A were both used on Crete during the Middle Minoan period. By the later Bronze Age, Linear B had adapted many Linear A signs to write Mycenaean Greek, the form of Greek used by the Mycenaeans.
Why does 𐙿 look different?
Your font determines whether and how it appears.
If you see an empty box, the font or app lacks a usable Linear A glyph. Fonts may draw the same character with different shapes; that changes its appearance, not its identity.
In modern prose, use it as a reference to Linear A or its catalog, not as an everyday word.
Do not assign it a Linear B reading just because the scripts are related.
Part of the collection
Who writes 𐙿
Loading…
Questions people ask
1Can I read A339 as a Linear B syllable?
No. Linear A and Linear B are historically related, but their signs are not interchangeable; a later Greek value cannot safely be assigned to A339.
More like this
8
How to type or find 𐙿
- Also called
- A339 · Linear A A339
- Search it as
- Linear A · Linear A sign · Linear A glyph · Minoan writing · Minoan sign
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐙿\1067FCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.