Ib (cuneiform)

Its common usage is syllabic for ib (or ip), or alphabetic for i or b/p; the "i" is also exchanged for "e" when spelling specific words in the Akkadian language.

Cuneiform ib also can be found as sumerogram URTA, (a capital letter (majuscule)), and for example it is used in the Epic of Gilgamesh for the god's name: Ninurta, spelled DNIN.URTA.

535) is built in a 'rectangular box form', sitting upon a long horizontal stroke.

Three other signs are similarly built, cuneiform ur is the mirror image of "ib"/"ip", but with the two verticals at left.

Another sign is similar to lu, but has only 1-vertical, left and right, ku (cuneiform), and the Amarna letters is usually so compact, that hardly any of the individual strokes can be easily identified.

Cuneiform gáb , common in Amarna letters (built like ib character, but 2-verticals at right).
Cuneiform sign ib , 3rd character from left.