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,
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