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,
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