Linear A Sign AB076

No secure word or sound value is known. As of 2026, Linear A remains undeciphered; some sign lists call 𐘽 RA2, a conventional Latin-letter catalogue label rather than a translated word.

Linear A is attested around Phaistos in the 19th–18th centuries BCE; that dates the script’s setting, not this sign’s first appearance. Records on tablets, sealings (clay impressions used to mark or secure goods), and roundels (small clay disks) track goods, people, and transactions.

Vessels from sanctuaries and offering objects with repeated inscriptions point to religious settings too. Inscriptions occur across Crete and parts of the Aegean in the 18th–14th centuries BCE. As Linear B took over administrative writing, Linear A continued in fewer settings; a late inscription is dated around 1350 BCE.

Is Linear B ra2 the same as AB076?

No; it is a comparison, not a shared reading. Some sign lists pair AB076 with Linear B ra2 (𐁈), a deciphered sign, but its reading cannot be transferred to Linear A. That comparison is associated with the label RA2; it does not provide an ancient word.

AB076 is also proposed as a palaeographic counterpart to CH069, the catalogue label for a Cretan Hieroglyphic sign. Cretan Hieroglyphic is another Cretan script, and the proposed correspondence remains uncertain.

Linear A signs can represent a syllable or a word depending on sequence and position; a sign at an entry’s end before numerals may be interpreted differently from one inside it. Fonts can draw 𐘽 with different outlines, while similar-looking forms in ancient sign lists may be separate signs. For an inscription, compare the published transcription or sign list.