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,
Ne (cuneiform) actual 'letters'.) The ne (cuneiform) sign has the following uses, besides "ne", in the "Epic of Gilgamesh": The sign is a "two-part" compound sign. The center and left is the sign for "[[am (cuneiform)]]", and the right is the sign for "[[is (cuneiform)]]", [[Image:Sumer gis.jpg|100x24px]], (and listed as [[Giš (cuneiform)]], cuneiform "GIŠ" (the "is" sign) being the use for [[GIŠ (wood Sumerogram)]]). The specific usage numbers for the sign's meaning in the "Epic of Gilgamesh" is as follows: "bil"-(9), "kúm"-(5), "ne"-(1), "pil"-(2), "ṭè"-(13), "BIL"-(3), "NE"-(1). In the Amarna letters, the sign is used for spelling "qabû" in the introduction for