Ancient Greek Numbers
Graphical representation of the Ancient Greek Numbers Unicode block

Ancient Greek Numbers is a Unicode block containing acrophonic numerals used in ancient Greece, including ligatures and special symbols.

Block

Ancient Greek Numbers[1][2] (PDF)
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U+1014x𐅀𐅁𐅂𐅃𐅄𐅅𐅆𐅇𐅈𐅉𐅊𐅋𐅌𐅍𐅎𐅏
U+1015x𐅐𐅑𐅒𐅓𐅔𐅕𐅖𐅗𐅘𐅙𐅚𐅛𐅜𐅝𐅞𐅟
U+1016x𐅠𐅡𐅢𐅣𐅤𐅥𐅦𐅧𐅨𐅩𐅪𐅫𐅬𐅭𐅮𐅯
U+1017x𐅰𐅱𐅲𐅳𐅴𐅵𐅶𐅷𐅸𐅹𐅺𐅻𐅼𐅽𐅾𐅿
U+1018x𐆀𐆁𐆂𐆃𐆄𐆅𐆆𐆇𐆈𐆉𐆊𐆋𐆌𐆍𐆎
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0 2.^ Grey area indicates non-assigned code point

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Ancient Greek Numbers block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
4.1U+10140..1018974Anderson, Deborah (2001-11-05), Greek Acrophonic Numerals Proposal and Proposals for Other Greek Additional Characters
Moore, Lisa (2001-12-12), "Consensus 89-C9", Minutes from the UTC/L2 meeting in Mountain View, November 6-9, 2001, The UTC favors the addition of the remaining Greek acrophonic numerals rather than cloning the existing Greek letters.
Anderson, Deborah (2002-01-21), Measures Unicode Proposal
Anderson, Deborah (2002-01-21), TLG Miscellanea Proposal
Anderson, Deborah (2002-01-21), TLG Unicode Proposal (draft)
Anderson, Deborah (2002-02-04), Description of TLG Documents
Pantelia, Maria (2002-07-31), TLG Unicode Proposal
Pantelia, Maria (2002-08-09), Proposal Summary Form accompanying TLG Unicode Proposal (L2/02-273)
Pantelia, Maria (2002-11-07), Proposal for encoding Greek numerical characters in the UCS
Pantelia, Maria (2003-06-11), Proposal for encoding Greek acrophonic characters in the UCS
Pantelia, Maria (2003-06-11), Proposal for encoding Greek numerical characters in the UCS
U+1018A1Mercier, Raymond (2004-02-02), Proposal to encode Greek Zero in the UCS
7.0U+1018B..1018C2Sosin, Joshua; Heilporn, Paul; Hoogendijk, Cisca; Mastronarde, Donald; Hickey, Todd; Anderson, Deborah (2012-01-23), Proposal for three Greek papyrological characters
Moore, Lisa (2012-02-14), "C.12", UTC #130 / L2 #227 Minutes
, )"M59.16f", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 59, 2012-09-12
9.0U+1018D1Kalvesmaki, Joel (2014-07-18), Proposal to encode GREEK BYZANTINE INDICTION SIGN
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-07-28), "8", Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Greek Byzantine Indiction Sign (C.9.1)", UTC #140 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.11t", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63
U+1018E1Kalvesmaki, Joel (2014-07-18), Proposal to encode GREEK BYZANTINE NOMISMA SIGN
Anderson, Deborah; Whistler, Ken; McGowan, Rick; Pournader, Roozbeh; Iancu, Laurențiu (2014-07-28), "10", Recommendations to UTC #140 August 2014 on Script Proposals
Moore, Lisa (2014-10-17), "Nomisma Sign (C.9.3)", UTC #140 Minutes
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2015-09-01), "M63.11r", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 63