Tu (cuneiform) Tu (cuneiform) The cuneiform sign tu, and for TU-(the sumerogram, capital letter (majuscule), in the Hittite language and other cuneiform texts, is a common-use syllabic sign for ""tu"", and also with a syllabic use for ""t"", or ""u"". It is not a multi-use sign, with other alphabetic sub-varieties. The Sumerian language version is similar to the usage in the Amarna letters, with the 3-horizontal strokes connecting the 4-angled wedges on the left, and connected to the vertical horizontal single-stroke, at right. Varieties exist: for example Amarna letter EA 271 shows 4-hortizontal long-strokes, with 2 short-strokes, between the two long ones,
Id (cuneiform) Id (cuneiform) The cuneiform sign id, also it, and with other sub-uses, including a sumerogram, Á, for Akkadian language "idu", is a common-use sign in the "Epic of Gilgamesh", the Amarna letters, and other cuneiform texts. Letters ("d/t") are paired consonants in the Akkadian language ('voiced'/'unvoiced'), thus the other sub-uses of the sign are for "ed, et, eṭ, and iṭ". Cuneiform "id/it" can be a syllabic for "ed, et, eṭ, id, it, and iṭ", or an alphabetic for any of the constructs thereof. It is also has a sub-use for "á", as well as the sumerogram for "Á". Cuneiform "id/it"