What 𐚙 means
A365 is a catalogue index, not a deciphered Minoan word.
The GORILA catalogue assigns A365 to this recorded sign form; the number is not a Minoan pronunciation or translation. A surviving occurrence appears on a clay nodule from Haghia Triada, dated to Late Minoan IB.
Linear A was a Cretan script used around 1700–1450 BCE. The earliest evidence clusters at Phaistos; later inscriptions spread across Crete and the Aegean. It was a local development, probably shaped partly by Near Eastern writing principles. Clay archives tracked goods in and out of storerooms; stone offering tables and inscribed vessels point to ritual use. Cretan Hieroglyphic coexisted and exchanged some accounting signs with Linear A. Linear B later adapted much of its sign system for Mycenaean Greek. Scholars also compare it with Cypro-Minoan and Cypriot writing. These broad links do not identify A365's meaning or a specific counterpart.
How do I type 𐚙?
Use a Unicode-aware input method or a source-code escape.
In a Python string literal, write \U00010699; in HTML, use 𐚙. The exact input syntax depends on the app.
A specialist catalogue label for a Bronze Age sign in an undeciphered writing system.
Do not turn A365 into a word or pronunciation.
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1Why is 𐚙 a box?
A box usually means the active font or text renderer lacks a glyph for this character. The stored text still contains 𐚙; a font with Linear A coverage can display its form.
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- Also called
- A365
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- A365 meaning · Linear A · Linear A sign · Minoan script · Minoan writing
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐚙\10699\U00010699 inside a Python string literal.𐚙.Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.