Linear A Sign A568

As of 2026, A568 has no accepted ancient reading. Linear A remains undeciphered, so proposed sounds and glosses for this sign are hypotheses rather than settled readings.

The earliest known Linear A records in Crete date to Middle Minoan IIA, around 1800 BCE. The script was used mainly to track goods in palace administration; signs also appear on sanctuary vessels and objects with formulaic or possibly private inscriptions. A568 is documented on Khania roundels, including examples described as a human-male sign and others paired with vase signs. Those contexts show where the sign appears, not what it says.

A568 is a catalogue label, not a translation

Unicode’s chart links A568 with catalogue entries A100–A102 and AB077; an archaeological account describes it as a ligature, a sign formed from joined elements. As of 2026, those classifications do not establish a spoken reading or translation for A568.

Linear A overlapped historically with Cretan Hieroglyphic, another script used on Bronze Age Crete. Later, Linear B adapted some signs from Linear A. These are connections between scripts, not a simple chain that decodes A568.