What 𐂙 means
It is the Linear B word sign for honey.
Linear B was the Bronze Age script palace scribes used for accounts in Mycenaean Greek, an early form of Greek. The word value of 𐂙 is meri (“honey”); records list honey as a commodity, including jars assigned to deities and honey for ritual banquets. Linear B adapted the earlier Linear A writing system, used by Minoans, to write Greek. An Iklaina tablet dated 1450–1350 BCE is an early surviving example of this administrative tradition.
Why combine ME and RI in one sign?
It compresses two syllabic values into one word sign.
Linear B also had signs for syllables. Specialist analyses describe B135 as combining the syllabic values B135 ME RI; together they spell me-ri, while the monogram stands for the whole word meri. It belongs to a set of compact commodity monograms.
Why send 𐂙 in a modern message?
Usually as a reference to Linear B or ancient history.
The sign makes its writing system part of the message. Take the honey meaning as the sender’s point only when the surrounding words support that reading.
Archival and specialist; in a chat it reads as an intentional reference to Linear B or its ancient setting.
Assume honey is the point only when the surrounding words support it.
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Who writes 𐂙
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What it means when someone sends it to you
3 readingsHoney being counted or assigned in a palace record.
Questions people ask
1Why does 𐂙 show as a box?
A missing box means the active font lacks this glyph; a font with Linear B coverage can display it.
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How to type or find 𐂙
- Also called
- B135 · meri · me-ri
- Search it as
- Linear B · honey sign · Mycenaean Greek · Linear B monogram
- Shows up in
- Anything that takes text · its shape is whatever your font draws
𐂙\10099Codes and encoding1 code points
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