The cuneiform sign id, also it, and with other sub-uses, including a sumerogram, Á, for Akkadian language ''idû'', (English: ''to know, to make known, recognize, to inform, proclaim''), is a common-use sign in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', the Amarna letters, and other cuneiform texts. Letters ("d/t") are paired consonants in the Akkadian language ('voiced'/'unvoiced'), thus the other sub-uses of the sign are for ''ed, et, eṭ, and iṭ''. Cuneiform ''id/it'' can be a syllabic for ''ed, et, eṭ, id, it, and iṭ'', or an alphabetic for any of the constructs thereof. It is also has a sub-use for ''á'', as well as the sumerogram for ''Á''.

''Epic of Gilgamesh'' usage

Cuneiform ''id/it'' has other sub-uses in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh''. The following can be found: ''á''--(5) times, ''ed''--(4), ''et''--(11), ''eṭ''--(13), ''id''--(27), ''it''--(121), ''iṭ''--(21), and ''Á''--(3) times.

References

*William L. Moran, Moran, William L. 1987, 1992. ''The Amarna Letters.'' Johns Hopkins University Press, 1987, 1992. 393 pages.(softcover, ) * Parpola, 1971. ''The Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh'', Simo Parpola, Parpola, Simo, Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, c 1997, Tablet I thru Tablet XII, Index of Names, Sign List, and Glossary-(pp. 119–145), 165 pages. ---- Cuneiform signs