What 𐂦 means
The label identifies a catalog entry, not a named object. Unicode names this ideogram B158. That number identifies the sign but does not tell readers which commodity it represented.
Linear B wrote Mycenaean Greek, an early recorded form of Greek, in palace records. The earliest preserved Linear B tablet group from Knossos is dated to the end of the 15th century BCE; that dates the surviving script record, not B158 individually.
What was a Linear B ideogram used for?
It marked items in palace accounts. Linear B ideograms stood beside quantities in records of commodities and stored goods; syllabic signs spelled much of the Mycenaean Greek around them.
Linear B developed from the earlier Linear A script, then was adapted to write Mycenaean Greek. The later Cypriot syllabary also wrote Greek with syllable signs; that broad script connection does not establish a glyph counterpart for B158.
An archaeological or Unicode reference; in a bare message, it identifies an ancient sign without revealing the sender’s point.
The catalog number is not a translation of the object.
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Who writes 𐂦
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsThe exact B158 catalog entry; its label identifies the glyph, not an object.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𐂦 show as a box?
A font without Linear B coverage may show a missing-character box or another fallback shape. The character stays the same even when the font cannot draw it.
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How to type or find 𐂦
- Also called
- B158 · Linear B B158
- Search it as
- B158 meaning · how to type U+100A6
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐂦\100A6Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.