What 𐛵 means
A582 is a compound sign, not a securely translated word. SigLA lists 𐛵 as AB120 (𐙉) combined with A705 (𐝄). AB120 is labeled GRA, for grain; A705 is conventionally glossed as one eighth. Those labels support a grain-and-fraction structure, not the translation “one-eighth grain.”
Linear A is first securely attested in Middle Minoan IIA, around 1800 BCE, and appears more consistently in the following phase. It was used on Crete in the Bronze Age. Linear A and Cretan Hieroglyphic coexisted for centuries; later, Linear B adapted much of Linear A’s sign repertoire to write Mycenaean Greek.
Linear A appears on clay tablets and sealed documents that record goods and quantities, as well as on vessels, offering tables, and other objects. The script’s history explains where A582 belongs, but it cannot supply the sign’s ancient pronunciation or a complete translation.
Historical and technical; its catalog reading is not an everyday social signal.
As of 2026, treat “one-eighth grain” as a guess, not a translation of A582.
Who writes 𐛵
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐛵 appear as a box?
A font without Linear A coverage cannot draw the character and may show a box or replacement mark. A font that includes Linear A signs can display it.
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- Also called
- A582 · Linear A A582
- Search it as
- A582 meaning · AB120 · A705 · Minoan script · Linear A fraction · Linear A grain
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐛵\106F5Codes and encoding1 code points
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