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
I (cuneiform) or a syllable with a vowel) to substitute one vowel for another. In the Amarna letters, the segue adverb ""now"", or "now, at this time", Akkadian language 'enūma', is seldom spelled with the 'e'; instead its spellings are typically: "anūma", "inūma", and sometimes "enūma". In both the Amarna letters and the "Epic of Gilgamesh" another common use of the "i" sign is for the preposition, Akkadian language "ina", spelled "i-na", for "in, into, for, etc.". (There is an alternate cuneiform sign for ina (cuneiform), a sub-variety use of aš (cuneiform), the single, horizontal stroke.) I (cuneiform) The cuneiform i sign