Linear A Sign AB164

Its reading is unknown; “cloth” is a contextual gloss. Linear A was used in Minoan Crete for writing syllables and keeping records of goods.

The script is attested by the late nineteenth century BCE. A mark identified as AB164 appears on Akrotiri pottery dated Middle Minoan IIB–IIIA; that object is not established as the sign’s first appearance.

Context changes its role. On two Hagia Triada tablets, AB60–AB164–AB37 is treated as a syllabogram—a sign for an unknown syllable. On Khania roundels, circular inscribed objects, AB164 stands alone as a textile logogram, a mark for a product. The roundels have been interpreted as acknowledgments in the circulation of goods. Linear B *164 also appears in textile records. Linear A developed alongside Cretan Hieroglyphic, but neither connection supplies a confirmed sound or meaning for AB164.

What does 𐙐 mean when someone sends it?

Treat it as a sign reference, not a decoded sentence. As of 2026, no documented chat convention is established for 𐙐. Sent alone, it may refer to Linear A or ask you to identify the sign; the glyph cannot tell you which. Ask the sender for context before translating it.

AB164 is a scholarly catalogue label, not an ancient word. If the sender shares an inscription from a tablet or roundel, the surrounding signs and object may help distinguish a syllabic use from a textile mark, but they may not settle the reading.