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
Ki (cuneiform) Reverse, line 21: "Šunama," . As determinatives (City & Ki): ... Ki (cuneiform) The cuneiform ki sign, is a multi-use sign used in the "Epic of Gilgamesh", the Amarna letters and numerous texts. It also has a sumerogram usage (capital letter (majuscule)). Cuneiform "ki" is used for syllabic "ki", and also for alphabetic "k", and alphabetic "i". It has additional consonant usage for "q", instead of "k", and also "e", "é", and "í" for vowel "i". Its usage numbers from the "Epic of Gilgamesh" are as follows: "ke"-(9), "ki"-(291), "qé"-(18), "qí"-(62), and "KI"-(288). For sumerogram "KI", KI becomes Akkadian language