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:
Ir (cuneiform) Ir (cuneiform) The cuneiform ir (more common usage), or er sign is a sign used in the Epic of Gilgamesh, and the Amarna letters. It is in a small group that have smaller, 3-verticals, as well as 2- and 1-vertical strokes, sitting on a lower horizontal cuneiform stroke. The sign is similar to the "sa (cuneiform)" sign, but sa's upper horizontal stroke is shorter than the lower anchored horizontal stroke. In the Amarna letters, it can also be confused with specific usages of ú-(the alphabetic u (by usage), Ú-1st prime–Ù-2nd prime is a complex, two-part large cuneiform sign, ="and", "but",