Ud (cuneiform)

The cuneiform ud sign, also ut, and with numerous other syllabic and Sumerogram uses, is a common sign for the mid 14th-century BC Amarna letters and the Epic of Gilgamesh.

The sign is constructed upon the single vertical stroke , with various positionings of two wedge-strokes at the left, sometimes approximately centered, or often inscribed upwards to the left, the second wedge-stroke (or 'angled line-stroke'), occasionally inscribed/ligatured upon the first.

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, sign ud is listed as used for the following linguistic elements:[1] Sumerograms The usage numbers for each linguistic element in the Epic of Gilgamesh are as follows:[2] lah--(2), par--(5), pir--(4), tam--(32), tú--(46), ud--(30), ut--(95), uṭ-(7), BABBAR-(1), UD-(75), UTU-(58).

The Canaanite letters are famous for various forms of a prostration formula, following a 'letter Introduction'.

Numerous Canaanite letters use this; other letters, for example Amarna letter EA 34[4] titled: The Pharaoh's Reproach Answered, addresses the Pharaoh as being honored "daily", referring to Sun God Ra's daily appearance–as "the sun" itself; Akkadian language 'daily', is "ūmussu",[5] and EA 34 uses UD (day, daily), ud-mi.