What 𐝒 means
No single value is secure. 𐝒 is a compound fraction sign whose conventional Latin-letter transcription is BB; A715 is its catalogue index. In Linear A notation, fraction signs follow a commodity sign or whole-number amount and combine additively to express the quantity. Corazza et al.'s 2021 comparison of earlier proposals lists 1/12, a tentative 2/3, and 2/5 for BB. Treat 2/5 as one proposal, not an established conversion.
How did Linear A use fractions?
Fractions marked quantities, especially goods. Clay tablets tracked goods moving into and out of storerooms. Repeated formulas on stone offering tables are understood as religious texts. Linear A developed on Crete under influence from neighboring writing systems and alongside Cretan Hieroglyphic, a separate picture-based script. Linear B later adapted much of Linear A's system to write Greek.
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Who writes 𐝒
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1Why does 𐝒 show as a box?
The selected font may lack a Linear A glyph. A font with coverage for this script can display it; some apps automatically fall back to another font.
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How to type or find 𐝒
- Also called
- A715 BB
- Search it as
- A715 · BB · Linear A fraction · 2/5
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐝒\10752Codes and encoding1 code points
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