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,
Na (cuneiform) Na (cuneiform) The cuneiform na sign is a common, multi-use sign, a syllabic for "na", and an alphabetic sign used for "n", or "a"; it is common in both the "Epic of Gilgamesh" over hundreds of years, and the 1350 BC Amarna letters. In the "Epic of Gilgamesh" it also has sumerogramic (capital letter (majuscule)) usage for NA. An example usage for "NA" in the Epic is for the spelling of "NA.GAD", (also "LÚ.NA.GAD", and the plural "LÚ.NA.GAD.MEŠ"), for Akkadian language "nāqidu", ""herdsman"". The usage for "NA" in herdsman is only for 3 spellings. The commonness of cuneiform "na", in