What 𐚨 means
No: “VAS” is a catalog label, not a translation.
The label places 𐚨 in a catalog of A400–A418 vessel-shape signs, treated as logograms—marks that stand for vessel types. It does not establish a Minoan reading meaning “vase.”
Linear A remains undeciphered, so A408-VAS has no secure reading. Vessel logograms could be combined with commodity signs to identify recorded goods, but that general bookkeeping pattern does not decode this particular sign.
What is known about its Bronze Age history?
Linear A is attested on Crete by around 1800 BCE.
Its records include palace administration and objects used for religious or practical purposes. Cretan Hieroglyphic, another writing system used on Crete, has a debated relationship with Linear A. Linear B came later; parallels between its signs and Linear A can suggest sound values, but they do not translate A408-VAS.
A specialist catalog sign from an undeciphered Bronze Age script; it has no settled modern social reading.
Treat “VAS” as a catalog tag, not an ancient word.
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Who writes 𐚨
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐚨 appear as a box?
The active font or app has no drawing for this character. The text may still contain 𐚨 even while the screen shows a box.
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- Also called
- A408-VAS · A 408 VAS
- Search it as
- A408 VAS · VAS sign · vessel logogram · vase sign · Linear A vessel sign · Minoan vessel sign
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐚨\106A8Codes and encoding1 code points
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