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,
Ru (cuneiform) The ú (cuneiform)-(first prime) is the typical alphabetic 'u'. Aziru was allowed to leave Egypt and return to his kingdom of Amurru. Aziru had, however, made secret contacts with the Hittite king Suppiluliuma I, and sometime upon his return to Amurru, he permanently switched his allegiance to the Hittites to whom he remained loyal until his death. Henceforth, Amurru remained firmly in Hittite hands until the reign of the 19th dynasty Pharaohs Seti I and Ramesses II. Ru (cuneiform) The cuneiform ru sign is found in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the "Epic of Gilgamesh". As "ru"