Meroitic Cursive Letter Ba

𐦦 marks a consonant with a built-in “a,” conventionally transliterated “ba” (roughly “bah”); a following vowel sign can change it. Kush used Meroitic Cursive for general writing; its earliest dated text is around 200 BCE. It drew partly on Egyptian Demotic before yielding to Nubian and Coptic writing; the Meroitic language remains partly understood.

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What 𐦦 means

It marks a consonant with a built-in “a” vowel. Scholars write “ba” in Latin letters as a sound label, not a Meroitic word; another vowel sign can change the syllable.

Is 𐦦 a Meroitic hieroglyph?

No; 𐦦 is cursive, not hieroglyphic. The related hieroglyphic script was used on formal monuments and in temples. Cursive Meroitic developed through early, transitional, and late phases.

Who writes 𐦦

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Don't confuse it with

𐦆 / 𐦇 Meroitic Hieroglyphic Ba forms share the “ba” value but belong to the monumental script; 𐦦 is cursive.

Questions people ask

Why does 𐦦 show as a box on some devices?

Not every system ships a font for the Meroitic Cursive 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.