Linear B Ideograms

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Linear B Ideograms
RangeU+10080..U+100FF
(128 code points)
Plane SMP
Scripts Linear B
Symbol setsLinear B Greek
Assigned123 code points
Unused5 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.0 (2003)123 (+123)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1] [2]

Linear B Ideograms is a Unicode block containing ideographic characters for writing Mycenaean Greek. Several Linear B ideographs double as syllabic letters, and are encoded in the Linear B Syllabary block.

Contents

Block

Linear B Ideograms [1] [2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
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U+1008x𐂀𐂁𐂂𐂃𐂄𐂅𐂆𐂇𐂈𐂉𐂊𐂋𐂌𐂍𐂎𐂏
U+1009x𐂐𐂑𐂒𐂓𐂔𐂕𐂖𐂗𐂘𐂙𐂚𐂛𐂜𐂝𐂞𐂟
U+100Ax𐂠𐂡𐂢𐂣𐂤𐂥𐂦𐂧𐂨𐂩𐂪𐂫𐂬𐂭𐂮𐂯
U+100Bx𐂰𐂱𐂲𐂳𐂴𐂵𐂶𐂷𐂸𐂹𐂺𐂻𐂼𐂽𐂾𐂿
U+100Cx𐃀𐃁𐃂𐃃𐃄𐃅𐃆𐃇𐃈𐃉𐃊𐃋𐃌𐃍𐃎𐃏
U+100Dx𐃐𐃑𐃒𐃓𐃔𐃕𐃖𐃗𐃘𐃙𐃚𐃛𐃜𐃝𐃞𐃟
U+100Ex𐃠𐃡𐃢𐃣𐃤𐃥𐃦𐃧𐃨𐃩𐃪𐃫𐃬𐃭𐃮𐃯
U+100Fx𐃰𐃱𐃲𐃳𐃴𐃵𐃶𐃷𐃸𐃹𐃺
Notes
1. ^ As of Unicode version 15.1
2. ^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Linear B Ideograms block:

Version Final code points [lower-alpha 1] Count L2  ID WG2  IDDocument
4.0U+10080..100FA123 L2/97-107 Jenkins, John H. (1997-05-27), Proposal to add the Linear B script to ISO/IEC 10646
L2/00-128 Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
L2/01-084 Anderson, Deborah (2001-01-28), Status Report on Aegean Script Proposal (Linear B, Aegean Numbers and Cypriot Syllabary)
L2/01-149 N2327 Anderson, Deborah; Everson, Michael (2001-04-03), Revised proposal to encode Aegean scripts in the UCS
L2/01-217 Anderson, Deborah (2001-05-20), Status Report on Aegean Script Proposal (Linear B, Aegean Numbers and Cypriot Syllabary)
L2/01-184R Moore, Lisa (2001-06-18), "Motion 87-M4", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting
L2/01-370 N2378 Anderson, Deborah; Everson, Michael (2001-10-03), Final proposal to encode Aegean scripts in the UCS
L2/02-154 N2403 Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2002-04-22), "Resolution M41.8", Draft minutes of WG 2 meeting 41, Hotel Phoenix, Singapore, 2001-10-15/19
L2/02-160 Anderson, Deborah (2002-04-27), Status Report on Aegean Script Proposal and the Submission by the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)
L2/02-191 Anderson, Deborah (2002-05-01), Aegean Script Proposal [notes]
L2/02-207 N2455 Anderson, Deborah; McGowan, Rick (2002-05-09), Request for changes in Aegean Scripts
  1. Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

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References

  1. "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.
  2. "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2023-07-26.