Unicode Status for Linear B
In The Unicode Standard, Linear B script implementation is discussed in Chapter 8 Europe-II — Ancient and Other Scripts
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Linear B script was encoded in The Unicode Standard version 4.0. The script is encoded in two blocks. It also requires a third block for Aegean numbers which are used in several scripts:
| Blocks | Character Range | Added in Unicode Version | Unicode Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linear B Syllabary | 10000..1007F | 4.0 | U10000 |
| Linear B Ideograms | 10080..100FF | 4.0 | U10080 |
| Aegean Numbers | 10100..1013F | 4.0 | U10100 |
A number of proposals for its inclusion were submitted to the Unicode Technical Committee and WG2:
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1992-11-25 Linear B — Rick McGowan (Unicode Technical Report #3 R2
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1997-05-27 Proposal to add the Linear B script to ISO/IEC 10646 — John H. Jenkins (L2/97-107
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1997-06-10 Overview of the Aegean scripts — John H. Jenkins (WG2 N1575 (not online), L2/97-105
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2000-02-15 Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode — Carl-Martin Bunz (L2/00-128
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2000-04-26 Further comments on historic scripts — Carl-Martin Bunz (L2/00-153
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2001-01-28 Status Report on Aegean Script Proposal (Linear B, Aegean Numbers and Cypriot Syllabary) — Deborah Anderson (L2/01-084
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2001-04-03 Revised proposal to encode Aegean scripts in the UCS — Deborah Anderson, Michael Everson (WG2 N2327
, L2/01-149) -
2001-05-20 Status Report on Aegean Script Proposal (Linear B, Aegean Numbers and Cypriot Syllabary) — Deborah Anderson (L2/01-217
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2001-10-03 Final proposal to encode Aegean scripts in the UCS — Deborah Anderson, Michael Everson (WG2 N2378
, L2/01-370) -
2002-04-27 Status Report on Aegean Script Proposal and the Submission by the Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) — Deborah Anderson (L2/02-160
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2002-05-01 Aegean Script Proposal (notes) — Deborah Anderson (L2/02-191
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2002-05-09 Request for changes in Aegean Scripts — Deborah Anderson, Rick McGowan (WG2 N2455.doc
, L2/02-207)