What 𐜯 means
No accepted reading for A657 is known. HT 39 is a clay tablet from Agia Triada dated to the Late Minoan IB period. In its damaged line 6, A657 follows ku-ro and precedes 100; that accounting context cannot translate the sign.
Where did Linear A first appear?
Its earliest records cluster at Phaistos. They date to the First Palace period, the era of Crete's first palaces. Linear A was probably created on Crete for palace administration. Cretan Hieroglyphic was a separate contemporary script; Linear B descended from Linear A and was used to write Greek.
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4Questions people ask
1Why does A657 show as a box?
A box usually means no available font can display the sign in that app. As of 2026, Noto Sans Linear A includes A657.
How to type 𐜯
Windows (Word)
Alt+XType 1072F, then Alt+X to get 𐜯.
Windows
Win+Rrun charmap for the full table, or use the emoji picker's Ω symbols tab (Win + .).
macOS
Control+Command+SpaceOpen the character viewer and search “linear a sign a657”.
Linux
Ctrl+Shift+UType 1072f, then Enter or Space.
HTML
𐜯CSS
\1072FCodes and encoding1 code points
HTML decimal
𐜯
HTML hex
𐜯
CSS content
content: "\1072F";
Each escape is closed by the next backslash; a trailing space is needed before a literal hex digit.
URL encoded
%F0%90%9C%AF
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On screen
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Code points
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JS .length
4
UTF-8 bytes
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.