What 𐘏 means
A scholarly label, not a known reading. Unicode’s list calls AB021 “sheep” and links it to the Linear B sign conventionally labelled qi. AB021F and AB021M are separate signs labelled “ewe” and “ram”; 𐘏 is the unmarked sheep sign.
Linear A first appears on Crete in Middle Minoan IIA. The high chronology, a scholarly dating scheme, places it by the end of the nineteenth century BCE. It developed alongside Cretan Hieroglyphic, a separate script, and later supplied many sign shapes to Linear B. The scripts are historically related, but not a simple parent-to-child line. Most surviving writing is administrative; examples also appear on religious and practical objects.
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Who writes 𐘏
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐘏 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Linear A block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𐘏
- Also called
- AB 21 · AB021 · OVIS
- Search it as
- linear a · sheep
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐘏\1060FCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.