What 𐛾 means
On HT 27b, A592 is cataloged as a logogram.
HT 27b, from Haghia Triada on Crete, is dated to Late Minoan IB (LM IB). Linear A served palace records of goods and transactions; stone, metal, and vessel inscriptions had practical or religious uses. The tablet dates one A592 attestation, not the sign’s origin.
Why are A592 and A591 different?
They arrange the same components differently.
A592 combines AB131a and AB054; A591 keeps them separate, making these the synthetic and analytic forms. Unicode encodes A592 as one character.
Catalog use in Linear A study and transcription.
Do not present it as a decoded Minoan word.
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Who writes 𐛾
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐛾 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Linear A block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𐛾
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- A592 · AB131a · AB054 · Linear A · A591 · logogram · HT 27b · composite
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐛾\106FECodes and encoding1 code points
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