What 𐘐 means
AB021F is glossed as a ewe, a female sheep.
Sign lists also write AB21/qi/OVIS: qi is the name of a Linear B syllabic sign, while OVIS is the Latin word for sheep used to label an ideogram. These are catalog comparisons, not one deciphered Minoan reading.
By the end of the nineteenth century BCE, Linear A is securely attested. Earlier seals from Archanes may belong to an ancestor of Linear A or to Cretan Hieroglyphic.
What was Linear A used for?
It served palace accounting and also appeared in cultic settings.
Clay tablets, roundels, and sealings recorded economic transactions; inscriptions on stone, metal, and vessels also appear in cultic or practical settings.
Linear A is connected with Cretan Hieroglyphic and Linear B. Linear B drew much of its graphic repertoire from Linear A, but it wrote Mycenaean Greek.
Scholarly and typographic; it points to Linear A more reliably than it conveys a standalone message.
“Ewe” is a gloss, not a deciphered Minoan pronunciation.
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Questions people ask
2Can AB021F be pronounced “qi”?
No secure evidence supports that pronunciation. “qi” is the name of a Linear B syllabic sign used for comparison, not a proven reading of AB021F.
Why does 𐘐 show as a box?
A blank box means the active font may lack a Linear A glyph. Use a font with Linear A coverage; the character itself is unchanged.
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How to type or find 𐘐
- Also called
- AB21F · AB 21f · *21F
- Search it as
- AB021F · Linear A ewe · Linear A sheep sign
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- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
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