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,
Diš (cuneiform) Diš (cuneiform) The cuneiform sign has many uses in cuneiform texts. In the Amarna letters it is commonly used to denote "Male individuals". (Women are denoted by sal (cuneiform), . ) The sign is also used to denote "numbers of items". The sign is used for 1. Examples of multiple uses in the Amarna letters, is to address the Pharaoh, often as ""servant-yours, at 2 Feet, .. I bow."" An example of multiple uses in the Amarna letters, often the bowing down is done: "" .. 7 and 7 times (I bow) !"", with seven small strokes as units of