What 𐚮 means
“A414-VAS” labels the shape group. As of 2026, no Minoan reading is secure for this individual sign.
Linear A probably arose on Crete; its earliest evidence is mainly at Phaistos in the First Palace period (an early palace era, 19th–18th centuries BCE). Clay archives tracked goods; formulaic sanctuary inscriptions seem ritual. In the Second Palace period (17th–15th centuries BCE), it spread across Crete and the Aegean.
Cretan Hieroglyphic, an older Cretan script, overlapped with Linear A; their relationship remains debated, though a 2022 study argues Linear A adapted it. Later Linear B shared many Linear A syllable signs and was used to write Greek.
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Who writes 𐚮
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐚮 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 𐚮
- Search it as
- a414-vas · a414 · vas · vase · vessel
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐚮\106AECodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.