Ib (cuneiform) letters is usually so compact, that hardly any of the individual strokes can be easily identified. Another sign is similar in this group to cuneiform "ur", but the center is replaced by 2 stokes, one angled down, and the other a wedge (at extreme right vertical), and is the "gáb" sign. In the Amarna letters it is often used for English "all", or "all (of us)", Akkadian language, "gabbu". (Amarna letters EA 153, EA 287, EA 288, and EA 267) Ib (cuneiform) The cuneiform sign ib, (or ip) is a common-use sign in the "Epic of Gilgamesh", the Amarna letters,
Iš (cuneiform) most common uses of "iš" in the Amarna letters, is the use of the Akkadian language word ""ištu"", which means "from", ("since"), in the English language. In the "vassal city-state" letters, in dialogue with the Pharaoh-in-Egypt, there is often mention of having listened to the correspondence – "words of the pharaoh", thus the words — ""I have heard …"", or ""I have listened to …", the clay tablet "words" (correspondence), from the pharaoh. The common Akkadian word for "hear", or "listen", is ""šemû"". Iš (cuneiform) The cuneiform sign iš is a common use sign in the Amarna letters and the