# A hymn of offering to Nikkal (Thiel, Krispijn)

> Still possible: The text is a hymn about offerings to Nikkal and reconciliation with the gods, readable in outline but not word for word.

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# A hymn of offering to Nikkal (Thiel, Krispijn)

The text is a hymn about offerings to Nikkal and reconciliation with the gods, readable in outline but not word for word.

**Still possible** Answers **1** question0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** One piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- New Hurrian vocabulary from the Boğazköy bilinguals should confirm the key words for offering and for Nikkal.
- A line-by-line gloss by independent Hurrian specialists should converge on the offering reading.

## What would rule it out

- A Hurrian specialist's reading, accounting for every collated sign, that the text is not a hymn to Nikkal or does not concern offerings.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Two independent interpretations of the Hurrian text, Thiel's of 1977 and Krispijn's of 2002, agree that it is a hymn…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ76G913T/two-independent-interpretations-of-the-hurrian-text-thiels)

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## The questions it answers

[What does the Hurrian text of h.6 say?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBRHDPTT/what-does-the-hurrian-text-of-h-6-say)

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A hymn of offering to Nikkal (Thiel, Krispijn) [Answer ANS0DEDXJ9NAW3E]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0DEDXJ9NAW3E
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