What 𐘷 means
No secure reading is established for this Linear A sign. AB66 is grouped among signs used in syllabic sequences: written strings in which signs represent spoken syllables. Its outline cannot be translated by treating it as a picture.
Linear A appears on Crete during Middle Minoan IIA, a period of the island's Bronze Age, alongside Cretan Hieroglyphic, another local script. Comparative work treats Linear A as a substantial adaptation of Cretan Hieroglyphic. Surviving texts include palace accounts and records for religious rites or practical work.
Can I read AB66 as ta2?
No; ta2 is not a confirmed Linear A reading. A sign list for the related script Linear B transcribes its AB66 as ta2. Scholars use Linear B values as hypotheses for reading Linear A, not as automatic translations. The shared label does not prove the signs have the same sound or meaning.
If 𐘷 appears as a box, the font lacks this text character; the box is a display failure, not part of the sign.
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Who writes 𐘷
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐘷 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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How to type or find 𐘷
- Also called
- AB 66
- Search it as
- AB66 · ta2 · Linear A · Minoan script · Linear A syllabogram
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐘷\10637Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.