Cuneiform times of Parthian Empire (250 BC – AD 226). The last known cuneiform inscription, an astronomical text, was written in 75 AD. The complexity of the system prompted the development of a number of simplified versions of the script. Old Persian was written in a subset of simplified cuneiform characters known today as Old Persian cuneiform. It formed a semi-alphabetic syllabary, using far fewer wedge strokes than Assyrian used, together with a handful of logograms for frequently occurring words like "god" and "king". Ugaritic was written using the Ugaritic alphabet, a standard Semitic style alphabet (an "abjad") written using the
A (cuneiform) language "enūma". The usage is probably specific to the scribe, as the writer of the letter (not necessarily the 'author' of the letter). Akkadian language "eninna", (English "now") is used far less in the Amarna letters. "Anūma", "enūma", and "inūma" is the common adverb, for "now", or "when", ("now", ("now, at this time", as the segue)). A (cuneiform) The cuneiform sign for a, and in the "Epic of Gilgamesh" the sumerogram A, Akkadian for "mû", "water", which is used in the "Gilgamesh flood myth", Chapter XI of the Epic, or other passages. The sign is also used extensively in the