Tu (cuneiform) Tu (cuneiform) The cuneiform sign tu, and for TU-(the sumerogram, capital letter (majuscule), in the Hittite language and other cuneiform texts, is a common-use syllabic sign for ""tu"", and also with a syllabic use for ""t"", or ""u"". It is not a multi-use sign, with other alphabetic sub-varieties. The Sumerian language version is similar to the usage in the Amarna letters, with the 3-horizontal strokes connecting the 4-angled wedges on the left, and connected to the vertical horizontal single-stroke, at right. Varieties exist: for example Amarna letter EA 271 shows 4-hortizontal long-strokes, with 2 short-strokes, between the two long ones,
Ur (cuneiform) Ur (cuneiform) The cuneiform sign ur () is a common-use sign in the "Epic of Gilgamesh", the Amarna letters, and other cuneiform texts. It has multiple sub-uses in the "Epic of Gilgamesh", as well as use for the sumerogram (capital letter (majuscule)), UR. In the Epic, "UR" is used to spell Akkadian language "barbaru", "wolf", as "UR.BAR.RA (in Tablet VI, and Tablet XI). Cuneiform "ur" is a syllabic for "ur", and an alphabetic for "u", or "r". In the Amarna letters, usage is sumerogrammic for English language "dog", spelled either "UR.KI", or "UR.KU", but the 'dog' reference can be found