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- 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 three horizontal strokes connecting the four angled wedges on the left, and connected to the vertical horizontal single stroke, at right. Varieties exist: for example, Amarna letter EA 271 shows four horizontal long strokes, with two short strokes, between the two long ones, (see here, 2nd line from bottom (tablet Obverse): [1]. 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 four-wedge strokes at left, (being ) connected to the rest of the cuneiform sign. Cuneiform is also a common-use syllabic sign, with few subvarieties. (Two example angled wedges: ). (en)
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- 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 Hittite language version of tu, (and ideogram TU) is identical in common form to the Sumerian. (en)
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