Tu (cuneiform) (see here, 2nd line from bottom (tablet Obverse): . The Hittite language version of "tu", (and ideogram "TU") is identical in common form to the Sumerian. The composition of the sign is effectively the 4-wedge strokes at left, (being še (cuneiform)) connected to the rest of the cuneiform sign. Cuneiform še is also a common-use syllabic sign, with few subvarieties. (Two example angled-wedges: ). For the "Epic of Gilgamesh", the following usage is found in Tablets I-XII: "tu"-(193), "tú"-(2), and "TU"-(9) times. "TU" is used for the name of the 'king of Shuruppak'-(father of Utnapishtim), Ubara-Tutu, and it is spelled:
Sa (cuneiform) Sa (cuneiform) The cuneiform sa sign is a less common-use sign of the "Epic of Gilgamesh", the 1350 BC Amarna letters, and other cuneiform texts. It also has a sumerogrammic usage for SA in the "Epic of Gilgamesh". The structure of the cuneiform sign is similar to, Ir (cuneiform), . The "sa" sign has the syllabic usage for "sa", and a sumerogram usage for "SA". Alphabetically "sa" can be used for "s" ("s" can be interchanged with any "z"); and "sa" can be used for "a". In Akkadian, all 4 vowels, "a, e, i, u" are interchangeable with each other.