Nu (cuneiform)

Cuneiform sign nu is a common use syllabic, or alphabetic (for n or u).

It is also a common use syllabic/alphabetic sign in the mid 14th-century BC Amarna letters.

Since the letters often discuss 'present conditions' in regions, or in cities of the vassal Canaanite region, a segue adverb meaning "now", or now, at this time..., Akkadian language "enūma"[3] is often used, and almost exclusively using nu.

Also, line art drawings of cuneiform signs, from a document, or article have the possibility of showing the nu sign with either of the two types of the sign, showing either, (arrow) wedge strokes, or a wedge stroke (full triangle-type) stroke.

In the Amarna letters, the spelling of Akkadian language (nuKÚRtu), "nukurtu",[5] for war, or hostilities, is almost exclusively spelled starting with nu, but ending with various syllabics to supply the "t" ending.