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
Sa (cuneiform) "SA" in the "Epic of Gilgamesh" is a logogram for Akkadian "Šer'ānu", translated as: ""muscle, sinew"". The "sa" sign usage in the "Epic of Gilgamesh" is as follows: "sa"-(89 times); and "SA"-(2). Sa (cuneiform) The cuneiform sa sign is a less common-use sign of the "Epic of Gilgamesh", the 1350 BC Amarna letters, and other cuneiform texts. It also has a sumerogrammic usage for SA in the "Epic of Gilgamesh". The structure of the cuneiform sign is similar to, Ir (cuneiform), . The "sa" sign has the syllabic usage for "sa", and a sumerogram usage for "SA". Alphabetically "sa" can