Ancient Symbols (Unicode block)
{{Infobox Unicode block
|blockname = Ancient Symbols
|rangestart = 10190
|rangeend = 101CF
|script1 = {{nowrap|Greek (1 char.)}}
|script2 = {{nowrap|Common (13 char.)}}
|symbols = Roman weights and currency
|5_1 = 12
|7_0 = 1
|13_0 = 1
|note = {{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/ucd/|title=Unicode character database|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}{{cite web|url=https://www.unicode.org/versions/enumeratedversions.html|title=Enumerated Versions of The Unicode Standard|work=The Unicode Standard|accessdate=2023-07-26}}
}}
Ancient Symbols is a Unicode block containing Roman characters for currency, weights, and measures. It also contains the "GREEK SYMBOL TAU RHO" (tau rho or the staurogram (⳨)) at U+101A0.
Block
{{Contains special characters|Uncommon Unicode|section}}
{{Unicode chart Ancient Symbols}}
History
The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Ancient Symbols block:
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| Version | {{nobr|Final code points}} | Count | L2 ID | WG2 ID | Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="9" | 5.1 | rowspan="6" | U+10190..1019A | rowspan="6" | 11 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06173-roman-coinage.pdf L2/06-173]}} | {{Citation|title=Proposal to Add Ancient Roman Weights and Monetary Signs to UCS|date=2006-05-05|first=David J.|last=Perry}} | |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06108.htm L2/06-108]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #107 Minutes|date=2006-05-25|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=C.21}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06234-roman-coinage.pdf L2/06-234]}} | {{Citation|title=Proposal to Add Ancient Roman Weights and Monetary Signs to UCS|date=2006-07-30|first=David J.|last=Perry}} | ||||
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3138.pdf N3138] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to Add Ancient Roman Weights and Monetary Signs to UCS|date=2006-07-30|first=David J.|last=Perry}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06231.htm L2/06-231]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #108 Minutes|date=2006-08-17|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=C.7}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3153.pdf N3153 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3153.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 49 AIST, Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan; 2006-09-25/29|date=2007-02-16|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=M49.20}} | ||||
| rowspan="3" | U+1019B | rowspan="3" | 1 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06269-add-roman.pdf L2/06-269]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3218.pdf N3218] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to Add Additional Ancient Roman Characters to UCS|date=2006-08-01|first=David J.|last=Perry}} | |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2006/06324.htm L2/06-324R2]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #109 Minutes|date=2006-11-29|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=Consensus 109-C33}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2007/07268-n3253.pdf L2/07-268]}} | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3253.pdf N3253 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n3253.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27|date=2007-07-26|first=V. S.|last=Umamaheswaran|section=M50.24}} | |||
| rowspan="3" | 7.0 | rowspan="3" | U+101A0 | rowspan="3" | 1 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12034-papyrological.pdf L2/12-034]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4194.pdf N4194] | {{Citation|title=Proposal for three Greek papyrological characters|date=2012-01-23|first1=Joshua|last1=Sosin|first2=Paul|last2=Heilporn|first3=Cisca|last3=Hoogendijk|first4=Donald|last4=Mastronarde|first5=Todd|last5=Hickey|first6=Deborah|last6=Anderson}} |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2012/12007.htm L2/12-007]}} | {{Citation|title=UTC #130 / L2 #227 Minutes|date=2012-02-14|first=Lisa|last=Moore|section=C.12}} | ||||
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4253.pdf N4253 (pdf],}} [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n4253.doc doc]) | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 59|date=2012-09-12|section=M59.16g}} | ||||
| rowspan="3" | 13.0 | rowspan="3" | U+1019C | rowspan="3" | 1 | {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19091-n5038-ascia.pdf L2/19-091]}} | [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5038_ascia.pdf N5038] | {{Citation|title=Proposal to encode a pair of Ascia symbols for Roman epigraphy|date=2019-03-25|first1=Andrew|last1=West|author-link1=Andrew West (linguist)|first2=Michael|last2=Everson|author-link2=Michael Everson}} |
| {{nobr|[https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19173-script-adhoc-recs.pdf L2/19-173]}} | {{Citation|title=Recommendations to UTC #159 April-May 2019 on Script Proposals|date=2019-04-29|first1=Deborah|last1=Anderson|display-authors=etal|section=21}} | ||||
| [https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5122-M68-Minutes.pdf N5122] | {{Citation|title=Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 68|date=2019-12-31|section=M68.10}} | ||||
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