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,
Lu (cuneiform) to Akkadian language, ""lullû"", for English language, "(primitive) man"; "DAB" transposes to ṣabātu, English for "to seize, capture". The usage numbers for "lu" (sign no. 537) in the "Epic of Gilgamesh" are as follows: "dab"-(2) times, "dap"-(4), "dib"-(1), "lu"-(293), "tep"-(1), "tàb"-(1), "tib"-(4), "DAB"-(4), "DIB"-(1), "LU"-(9), "UDU"-(1). The "lu" cuneiform sign is within a small group of signs that are composed of 1- or 2-vertical strokes (at right or left), the other signs being no. 535 Ib (cuneiform), no. 536 ku (cuneiform) (only 1-vertical, left and right), no. 575 ur (cuneiform), and gáb (cuneiform). Besides "ša" usage in word components of