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{{Short description|Cuneiform sign}}

[[File:B238ellst.png|437px|left|thumb|Cuneiform sign for '''um'''-(most common usage), '''dup''', '''tup''', '''ṭup''', and [[Sumerogram]] '''DUB''']]

[[File:Ayyab letter mp3h8880.jpg|thumb|right|370px270px|[[Amarna letter EA 364]], [[Ayyab]] to Pharaoh.<br/>In Line 2, "'''um'''-[[ma (cuneiform)|ma]]", "message (thus)"...[[Ayyab]].<br/>(high resolution, expandible photo) ]]

The [[cuneiform]] alphabetic '''um''' sign, also '''dup''', '''tup''', '''ṭup''', and '''DUB''',<ref>Parpola, 1971. ''The Standard Babylonian [[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'', Sign List, pp. 155-165, no. 134, p. 158.</ref> the [[Sumerogram]] ([[logogram]]), for [[Akkadian language]] "ṭuppu",<ref>Parpola, 1971. ''The Standard Babylonian [[Epic of Gilgamesh]]'', Glossary, pp. 119-145, '''ṭuppu''', p. 144.</ref> (= the [[clay tablet]]), is found in both the 14th century BC [[Amarna letters]] and the [[Epic of Gilgamesh]]. In the Amarna letters as ''um'', it is found as '''''um-ma''''' in the introduction of the letters as ''"Message (thus)"''...(and then the PN (personal name) of the individual sending, or authoring the letter).