What 𐂬 means
It identifies a cloth product; it does not spell a sound.
The earlier Linear A sign AB164 appears on sealed roundels (small clay sealings) from Khania in the Late Minoan IB period.
As of 2026, Linear A remains undeciphered, so the cloth identification for AB164 comes from context rather than a translated word. Later Linear B records use *164 as a textile ideogram. One entry adds the syllabic spelling pe-ko-to, perhaps specifying a particular or combed fabric; the exact product remains uncertain.
How did B164 work in the records?
It served textile accounting, not ordinary prose.
At Knossos, tablet L 520 pairs wool allocations with *164 counts. Linear B ideograms label goods being tallied, while nearby syllabic signs record sounds; here the ideogram identifies the textile output.
Why does this sign show as a box?
Your font may not include Linear B.
A fallback square means the selected font lacks this glyph, not that the underlying character changed. Noto Sans Linear B supports Linear B ideograms.
A specialist mark from Bronze Age accounting; outside a Linear B context, give it a short gloss.
Do not read it as a sound or as Linear B's general CLOTH sign.
Don't confuse it with
1Questions people ask
1Why does 𐂬 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.
How to type 𐂬
𐂬\100ACCodes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.