Linear B Syllabary

See also: Linear B Ideograms (Unicode block), Linear A (Unicode block), and Aegean Numbers (Unicode block)

Linear B Syllabary is a Unicode block containing characters for the syllabic writing of Mycenaean Greek and Minoan.

Linear B Syllabary
Range	U 10000..U 1007F (128 code points)
Plane	SMP
Scripts	Linear B
Major alphabets	Linear B Greek
Assigned	88 code points
Unused	40 reserved code points
Unicode version history
4.0 (2003)	88 ( 88)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note:

Block

Linear B Syllabary[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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U 1000x

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𐀂

𐀃

𐀄

𐀅

𐀆

𐀇

𐀈

𐀉

𐀊

𐀋

𐀍

𐀎

𐀏

U 1001x

𐀐

𐀑

𐀒

𐀓

𐀔

𐀕

𐀖

𐀗

𐀘

𐀙

𐀚

𐀛

𐀜

𐀝

𐀞

𐀟

U 1002x

𐀠

𐀡

𐀢

𐀣

𐀤

𐀥

𐀦

𐀨

𐀩

𐀪

𐀫

𐀬

𐀭

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U 1003x

𐀰

𐀱

𐀲

𐀳

𐀴

𐀵

𐀶

𐀷

𐀸

𐀹

𐀺

𐀼

𐀽

𐀿

U 1004x

𐁀

𐁁

𐁂

𐁃

𐁄

𐁅

𐁆

𐁇

𐁈

𐁉

𐁊

𐁋

𐁌

𐁍

U 1005x

𐁐

𐁑

𐁒

𐁓

𐁔

𐁕

𐁖

𐁗

𐁘

𐁙

𐁚

𐁛

𐁜

𐁝

U 1006x

U 1007x

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 16.0 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 Syllabary block:

Version	Final code points	Count	L2 ID	WG2 ID	Document
4.0	U 10000..1000B, 1000D..10026, 10028..1003A, 1003C..1003D, 1003F..1004D, 10050..1005D	88	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