Cuneiform UCLA based on the inventories of Miguel Civil, Rykle Borger (2003) and Robert Englund. Rather than opting for a direct ordering by glyph shape and complexity, according to the numbering of an existing catalogue, the Unicode order of glyphs was based on the Latin alphabetic order of their "last" Sumerian transliteration as a practical approximation. Cuneiform Cuneiform or Sumerian cuneiform, one of the earliest systems of writing, was invented by the Sumerians. It is distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus. The name "cuneiform" itself simply means "wedge shaped".
Aš (cuneiform) Pharaoh's reproach Answered", [[Amarna letter EA 28]], titled "Messengers Detainded and a Protest", uses "aš" for the spelling of "aššum", [[Akkadian language]] "because of"-("concerning, regarding"), and in EA 28, line 24, obverse, Paragraph III, [[Tushratta]], (of [[Mitanni]]) continues in his letter: "... "regarding" (the)-Messengers (i.e. [[Pirissi and Tulubri]])...". ---- [[Category:Akkadian language]] [[Category:Cuneiform signs, Amarna letters]] Aš (cuneiform) [[File:B001ellst.png|437px|left|thumb|Cuneiform sign for aš, dil, ina, ṭel, and as [[sumerogram]] AŠ, (sign uses from the "[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]").]] [[File:Louvres-antiquites-moyen-orient-p1020178.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Amarna letter 362]]-("Reverse"), [[Rib-Hadda]] to Pharaoh, with usage of cuneiform "aš" in the spelling of "šapāru", "to send in writing)" (two locations in letter, line