Cuneiform for ge, gi, and GI; digitized form.Hittite cuneiform for ge, gi, and GI.EA 26, fragment (Obverse). (high-resolution expandable photo) (Last flat-surface 5-lines on fragment (Para IV), lines 30–34. (An Amarna letter that uses gi.)
The "gi" sign has the syllabic usage for ge and gi, and a
sumerogram usage for GI. Alphabetically "gi" can be used for g ("g" can be interchanged with "k", or "q"); and "gi"/"ge" can be used for i, or e. In
Akkadian, all 4 vowels, a, e, i, u are interchangeable with each other.
Epic of Gilgamesh usage
The gi sign usage in the Epic of Gilgamesh is as follows: ge-(4 times); gi-(17), GI-(20 times).[1]
References
^Parpola, 1971. The Standard Babylonian
Epic of Gilgamesh, Sign List, pp. 155-165, no. 085, p. 156, "gi".