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Ancient Symbols (Unicode block)

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Ancient Symbols (Unicode block)
RangeU+10190..U+101CF
(64 code points)
PlaneSMP
ScriptsGreek (1 char.)
Common (12 char.)
Symbol setsRoman weights and currency
Assigned13 code points
Unused51 reserved code points
Unicode version history
5.1 (2008)12 (+12)
7.0 (2014)13 (+1)
Unicode documentation
Code chart ∣ Web page
Note: [1][2]

Ancient Symbols is a Unicode block containing Roman characters for currency, weights, and measures.

Block

Ancient Symbols[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+1019x 𐆐 𐆑 𐆒 𐆓 𐆔 𐆕 𐆖 𐆗 𐆘 𐆙 𐆚 𐆛 𐆜
U+101Ax 𐆠
U+101Bx
U+101Cx
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 Ancient Symbols block:

Final code points[a] Count Version L2 ID WG2 ID Document
U+10190..1019A 11 5.1 L2/06-173 Perry, David J. (2006-05-05), Proposal to Add Ancient Roman Weights and Monetary Signs to UCS
L2/06-234 Perry, David J. (2006-07-30), Proposal to Add Ancient Roman Weights and Monetary Signs to UCS
U+1019B 1 5.1 L2/06-269 N3218 Perry, David J. (2006-08-01), Proposal to Add Additional Ancient Roman Characters to UCS
U+101A0 1 7.0 L2/12-034 N4194 Sosin, Joshua; Heilporn, Paul; Hoogendijk, Cisca; Mastronarde, Donald; Hickey, Todd; Anderson, Deborah (2012-01-23), Proposal for three Greek papyrological characters
  1. ^ Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names

See also

References

  1. ^ "Unicode character database". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
  2. ^ "Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard". The Unicode Standard. Retrieved 2016-07-09.