Linear A Sign A621

As of 2026, no established reading applies to 𐜖 on its own.

A621 is the sign's label in GORILA, a modern catalogue of Linear A signs; it identifies a form, not an ancient word or sound. Unicode's modern sign chart associates 𐜖 with the component signs 𐙖 (A302) and 𐘹 (AB069). That structural description does not provide a reading.

Linear A's earliest surviving inscriptions date to the 18th century BCE, chiefly around Phaistos, an ancient center on Crete. The script developed locally after earlier Cretan writing traditions. Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear A overlapped around 1800–1600 BCE in different regional centers; that overlap does not establish that one script descended from the other.

Why was Linear A written?

It tracked goods and also appeared on religious, burial, and practical objects.

Clay tablets and smaller clay records document palace administration: goods, people, and transactions. Inscriptions on stone offering tables, pottery, figurines, and metal objects show the script in religious, funerary, or practical settings. These uses of Linear A do not establish what 𐜖 meant on any particular object.

From the 15th century BCE, Linear B adapted much of Linear A's sign system to write Mycenaean Greek, an early form of Greek. Similar signs can invite comparison, but resemblance alone does not give 𐜖 a Greek syllable. As Linear B took over palace records, Linear A inscriptions continued to about 1350 BCE.