Cuneiform to left-to-right in horizontal rows (rotating all of the pictographs 90° counter-clockwise in the process) and a new wedge-tipped stylus was introduced which was pushed into the clay, producing wedge-shaped ("cuneiform") signs; these two developments made writing quicker and easier. By adjusting the relative position of the tablet to the stylus, the writer could use a single tool to make a variety of impressions. Cuneiform tablets could be fired in kilns to bake them hard, and so provide a permanent record, or they could be left moist and recycled, if permanence was not needed. Many of the clay tablets found
Mu (cuneiform) Mu (cuneiform) The cuneiform sign mu, is a common-use sign of the Amarna letters, the "Epic of Gilgamesh," and other cuneiform texts (for example Hittite texts). It is also used as MU. Linguistically, it has the alphabetical usage in texts for "m", or "u", or syllabically for "mu". The u is replaceable in word formation by any of the 4 vowels: "a, e, i," or "u". One reason for the high usage of mu in the Amarna letters is for the word: "peace", or "be safe", Akkadian language "šalāmu", for ""to be sound, whole, safe"". It is used especially between