Linear B Syllable B029 Pu2

A syllable: 'phu', the special second 'pu'.

Linear B was the Mycenaean Greek palace script, adapted from Crete's older Linear A; its earliest archives sit at Knossos, around 1450 BCE. Signs write syllables; pu₂ sits in a second series for marked sounds; 'phu' is standard, 'bu' an older alternative.

It never stands alone: tablets spell it inside words, most famously in da-pu₂-ri-to-, the word behind 'labyrinth'; one Knossos tablet even records an offering to the Lady of the Labyrinth. A box or blank instead of 𐁆 means the font lacks the script.