Cuneiform UCLA based on the inventories of Miguel Civil, Rykle Borger (2003) and Robert Englund. Rather than opting for a direct ordering by glyph shape and complexity, according to the numbering of an existing catalogue, the Unicode order of glyphs was based on the Latin alphabetic order of their "last" Sumerian transliteration as a practical approximation. Cuneiform Cuneiform or Sumerian cuneiform, one of the earliest systems of writing, was invented by the Sumerians. It is distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus. The name "cuneiform" itself simply means "wedge shaped".
Ne (cuneiform) Ne (cuneiform) [[File:B313ellst.png|437px|left|thumb|Cuneiform sign for bil-(=bí), kúm, ne, pil, ṭè, and as [[sumerogram]]s BIL, and NE, (sign uses from the "[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]").]] [[File:BM 29785 EA 9 Reverse.jpg|thumb|right|315px|[[Amarna letter EA 9]]-("Reverse"), [[Tushratta]] to Pharaoh, with usage of cuneiform "bil" in the spelling of "qabû", "to say, tell", Paragraph 1 (tablet obverse). <br>(high resolution, expandible photo, and last line, 3rd sign from left — [[bi (cuneiform)|bi]]), a common multi-use, multi-syllabic sign]] The [[cuneiform]] Ne sign, is found in both the 14th century BC [[Amarna letters]] and the "[[Epic of Gilgamesh]]". In the Amarna letters, it is especially used in the opening,