Cuneiform times of Parthian Empire (250 BC – AD 226). The last known cuneiform inscription, an astronomical text, was written in 75 AD. The complexity of the system prompted the development of a number of simplified versions of the script. Old Persian was written in a subset of simplified cuneiform characters known today as Old Persian cuneiform. It formed a semi-alphabetic syllabary, using far fewer wedge strokes than Assyrian used, together with a handful of logograms for frequently occurring words like "god" and "king". Ugaritic was written using the Ugaritic alphabet, a standard Semitic style alphabet (an "abjad") written using the
Id (cuneiform) Id (cuneiform) The cuneiform sign id, also it, and with other sub-uses, including a sumerogram, Á, for Akkadian language "idu", is a common-use sign in the "Epic of Gilgamesh", the Amarna letters, and other cuneiform texts. Letters ("d/t") are paired consonants in the Akkadian language ('voiced'/'unvoiced'), thus the other sub-uses of the sign are for "ed, et, eṭ, and iṭ". Cuneiform "id/it" can be a syllabic for "ed, et, eṭ, id, it, and iṭ", or an alphabetic for any of the constructs thereof. It is also has a sub-use for "á", as well as the sumerogram for "Á". Cuneiform "id/it"