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
Ù (cuneiform) Ù (cuneiform) The cuneiform ù sign ('u, no. 3'), is found in both the 14th century BC Amarna letters and the "Epic of Gilgamesh". Its use is as a conjunction, (translated as for example: "and, but, else, until," etc.), but rarely it is substituted for "alphabetic u", but that vowel "u" is typically represented by 'u, no. 2', (u prime), ú; occasionally 'u, no. 1', (u (cuneiform)), , (mostly used for a conjunction, and "numeral 10"), is also substituted for the "alphabetic u". The use of "ù" is often as a "stand-alone" conjunction, for example between two listed items, but