What 𐂸 means
Unknown; “yoke” is only a proposal. As of 2026, there is no agreed reading for Linear B B177.
An ideogram marked the object or commodity being counted in an administrative record; syllabograms wrote spoken syllables. “Yoke” is a suggested identification of the object, not a translation to treat as fact.
What is the history of 𐂸?
Linear B was adapted from the earlier Cretan script Linear A.
Linear B wrote an early form of Greek in palace records. Its earliest surviving archive is the Room of the Chariot Tablets at Knossos, dated to Late Minoan II–IIIA1, a period of Bronze Age Crete. As of 2026, B177’s own earliest surviving attestation remains unidentified.
A historical accounting sign; outside a Linear B context, explain that it marks a counted item.
“Yoke” is a proposal, not an established reading.
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Who writes 𐂸
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Questions people ask
1Why does 𐂸 show as a box on some devices?
Not every system ships a font for the Linear B Ideograms block. Where none is installed, the character shows as an empty box; adding a font such as Noto fixes it. The character itself is still correct and copies correctly.
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How to type or find 𐂸
- Also called
- B177 · *177
- Search it as
- linear b b177 · linear b yoke · mycenaean ideogram · unknown linear b sign
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐂸\100B8Codes and encoding1 code points
A visible symbol can contain several code points. JS .length counts UTF-16 units; UTF-8 counts bytes.