Linear A Sign AB016

No secure translation is known for 𐘌. It is the catalogue sign AB016 in Linear A, whose written language remains undeciphered. Some comparative tables pair it with Linear B’s 𐀣, a syllable sign conventionally written “qa” in scholarly transliteration. That comparison is not a proven translation of AB016.

Linear A's earliest secure attestation dates to Middle Minoan IIA, and it later became predominant on Crete before the fifteenth century BCE. Those dates describe the writing system, not this individual sign.

Why was Linear A used?

It mainly recorded goods and people. Clay tablets, clay nodules, and roundels preserve records used to track commodities and personnel. Linear A also appears on stone offering tables and other objects dedicated to religious offerings, so its surviving uses were not limited to accounting.

Linear A coexisted with Cretan Hieroglyphic. Palaeographic comparisons also line AB016 up with Cretan Hieroglyphic signs CH054 and CH096. Later, Linear B adapted many Linear A signs and administrative practices to write Mycenaean Greek. These script connections do not prove that AB016 spells a Greek word.

How do I type 𐘌?

Use your editor’s Unicode code-point command. Enter the hexadecimal code point 1060C; the exact steps depend on the editor.

If the active font lacks Linear A coverage, 𐘌 may appear as a box or fail to display. A font with the right glyph changes how the character looks, not its Unicode identity.