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Linear A (Unicode block)
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<h2 id="history">History</h2> <p>The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Linear A block: </p> <table><tbody><tr><th><a href="/facts/Unicode/DDu3MfPV">Version</a></th><th>Final code points<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a></th><th>Count</th><th><a href="/facts/International_Committee_for_Information_Technology_Standards/CXq4JYfR">L2</a> ID</th><th><a href="/facts/ISO/IEC_JTC_1/SC_2/IcW7grUW">WG2</a> ID</th><th>Document</th></tr><tr><td rowspan="12">7.0</td><td rowspan="12">U+10600..10736, 10740..10755, 10760..10767</td><td rowspan="12">341</td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L1997/97105-Aegean.pdf">L2/97-105</a></td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1575.pdf">N1575</a></td><td>Jenkins, John H. (1997-05-21), <i>Overview of the Aegean scripts</i></td></tr><tr><td>L2/97-288</td><td><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200215052615/http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n1603.doc">N1603</a></td><td>Umamaheswaran, V. S. (1997-10-24), "8.24.1", <i>Unconfirmed Meeting Minutes, WG 2 Meeting # 33, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, 20 June – 4 July 1997</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00128-pastscripts.pdf">L2/00-128</a></td><td></td><td>Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), <i>Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2000/00153-bunz.htm">L2/00-153</a></td><td></td><td>Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-04-26), <i>Further comments on historic scripts</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10004-n3755-lineara.pdf">L2/10-004</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3755.pdf">N3755</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Michael_Everson/8Se2cLdz">Everson, Michael</a> (2010-01-22), <i>Preliminary proposal for encoding the Linear A script in the SMP of the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10108.htm">L2/10-108</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2010-05-19), "C.18", <i>UTC #123 / L2 #220 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10273-n3872-lineara-add.pdf">L2/10-273</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3872.pdf">N3872</a></td><td>Everson, Michael (2010-07-30), <i>Proposal to encode an additional Linear A character in the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10171r2-n3774r2-lineara.pdf">L2/10-171R2</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3774.pdf">N3774R2</a></td><td>Everson, Michael; Younger, John (2010-07-31), <i>Proposal for encoding the Linear A script in the SMP of the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10221.htm">L2/10-221</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2010-08-23), "C.22", <i>UTC #124 / L2 #221 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10422-n3973-lineara.pdf">L2/10-422</a></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3973.pdf">N3973</a></td><td>Everson, Michael (2010-12-28), <i>Revised proposal for encoding the Linear A script in the SMP of the UCS</i></td></tr><tr><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2011/11016.htm">L2/11-016</a></td><td></td><td>Moore, Lisa (2011-02-15), "C.10", <i>UTC #126 / L2 #223 Minutes</i></td></tr><tr><td></td><td><a href="https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4103.pdf">N4103</a></td><td>"11.2.11 Linear A script", <i>Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 58</i>, 2012-01-03</td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"></td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Everson, Michael; Younger, John (2010-12-28). "N3973: Revised proposal for encoding the Linear A script in the SMP of the UCS" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2. <a href="https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10422-n3973-lineara.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2010/10422-n3973-lineara.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Proposed code points and characters names may differ from final code points and names <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>