What 𐝠 means
A800 is a catalog identifier, not a translated word. As of 2025, no reading had been established for this sign. Scholars infer possible syllable sounds for some Linear A signs by comparing them with Linear B; resemblance alone does not show how A800 was read.
Where did people use Linear A?
Mostly in records, but also on offerings and jewelry. The earliest evidence clusters at Phaistos, a palace center on Crete, during the First Palace period (19th–18th centuries BCE). In the Second Palace period (17th–15th centuries BCE), the script appears across Crete and other Aegean sites. Most surviving documents record goods and people; other inscriptions appear on stone offering vessels, metal objects, and jewelry.
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Who writes 𐝠
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐝠 show as a box on some devices?
Because that device's fonts have no glyph for it. The character is still correct and still copies correctly — the box is a missing glyph, not a broken character.
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- A800 meaning · Linear A A800 · Minoan writing · Cretan script · Linear A inscriptions
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𐝠\10760Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.