Lydian Letter An

A nasalized a-vowel of the ancient Lydian alphabet.

Lydia, King Croesus's kingdom, sat in western Anatolia; its earliest writing is graffiti and coin legends of the late eighth or early seventh century BCE, its longer texts mostly fifth- and fourth-century BCE stone.

The letters were probably adapted from East Greek, like the neighboring Lycian and Carian alphabets; whether ã ran long or short is still debated. The script ran right to left and renders as font text — a lone 𐤵 in modern text is history, not slang.