Linear B symbol B064

It is a syllabic sign whose sound remains disputed.

Scholars label it *64; proposed sound values include zi, swi, twi, ri2, and nwi. In surviving spellings discussed in one study, it stands after a vowel sign and before one from the j-series. That position supports a sound-based reading, but does not settle which proposal is right. Treat “zi” as a hypothesis, not a translation.

Where does B064 appear in the tablets?

It appears inside personal names and ethnic labels in palace records.

Linear B was adapted from Linear A to write Mycenaean Greek, a Bronze Age form of Greek, and served palace record keeping for inventories, goods, and people. One analysis reads the whole spelling a-64-ja as an ethnic label for women from Asia/Aššuwa, while a-64-jo is a personal name. These examples show 𐁘 inside words, not as a stand-alone place or personal name.

The earliest known Linear B tablet deposits are associated with the Room of the Chariot Tablets at Knossos, in Late Minoan II–IIIA1. The sign belongs to this Bronze Age administrative world; its proposed sounds are reconstructed from how it appears in words.

Is 𐁘 related to Linear A?

Its proposed ancestor is a Linear A sign, but the match is uncertain.

One sign-list study links Linear B *64 to Linear A L43, attested at Hagia Triada; the identification is not settled. Later Cypriot syllabic scripts belong to the related Aegean writing history. That broader connection does not prove that B064 inherited the same sound as its proposed predecessor.