Tu (cuneiform) (see here, 2nd line from bottom (tablet Obverse): . The Hittite language version of "tu", (and ideogram "TU") is identical in common form to the Sumerian. The composition of the sign is effectively the 4-wedge strokes at left, (being še (cuneiform)) connected to the rest of the cuneiform sign. Cuneiform še is also a common-use syllabic sign, with few subvarieties. (Two example angled-wedges: ). For the "Epic of Gilgamesh", the following usage is found in Tablets I-XII: "tu"-(193), "tú"-(2), and "TU"-(9) times. "TU" is used for the name of the 'king of Shuruppak'-(father of Utnapishtim), Ubara-Tutu, and it is spelled:
Iš (cuneiform) most common uses of "iš" in the Amarna letters, is the use of the Akkadian language word ""ištu"", which means "from", ("since"), in the English language. In the "vassal city-state" letters, in dialogue with the Pharaoh-in-Egypt, there is often mention of having listened to the correspondence – "words of the pharaoh", thus the words — ""I have heard …"", or ""I have listened to …", the clay tablet "words" (correspondence), from the pharaoh. The common Akkadian word for "hear", or "listen", is ""šemû"". Iš (cuneiform) The cuneiform sign iš is a common use sign in the Amarna letters and the