What 𐛱 means
No agreed reading for A578 is known.
A578 is a modern catalogue label, not the name of an ancient word. Since Linear A remains undeciphered, the sign has no securely established sound or translation.
Linear A is first attested in the early second millennium BCE; early evidence clusters at Phaistos, a city on Crete, before the script spread across Crete and the Aegean. Palace administrators used clay tablets and related documents to track goods, transactions, and personnel. In other settings, inscriptions on offering tables, vessels, jewelry, axes, and figurines could carry religious or status significance. Administrative use ended after Linear B emerged, though non-administrative examples continued. Cretan Hieroglyphic was contemporary, not a proven parent; Linear B and probably Cypro-Minoan are closer descendants.
Is Linear A Sign A578 a composite?
Yes. It is catalogued as AB120 combined with AB78.
That describes its written structure, not its sound. The sign list and Unicode proposal record the same combination.
Scholars sometimes compare Linear A signs with similar Linear B signs to suggest approximate sound values. That method does not establish a reading for A578.
Scholarly and archival rather than conversational.
Do not present A578 as a translated Minoan word.
Who writes 𐛱
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Questions people ask
2Can I read A578 as Greek?
No. Linear A was used to write a language that remains undeciphered. Linear B, a related later script, was used for Mycenaean Greek; that connection does not make A578 a Greek letter or give it a Greek reading.
Why does A578 look different in my font?
It can. The character is drawn by your font, so fonts with Linear A coverage can give it different outlines. Without that coverage, a font may not display the intended sign.
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How to type or find 𐛱
- Also called
- A578 · Linear A A578 · A 578
- Search it as
- ab120 · ab78 · ab078 · Linear A composite sign · Minoan script · Minoan writing · undeciphered Linear A
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐛱\106F1Codes and encoding1 code points
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