# The Hymn to Nikkal tablet, h.6 (RS 15.30 + 15.49 + 17.387)

> The only near-complete Hurrian song: four lines of Hurrian text continuing over the edge, a double rule, six lines of Akkadian interval names each with a…

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# The Hymn to Nikkal tablet, h.6 (RS 15.30 + 15.49 + 17.387)

DocumentPublic domainC. 1400 BC (14th-century BC palace stratum)

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**Not kept here.** This copy isn't ours to show. [See it where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurritische_hymne.gif).

The only near-complete Hurrian song: four lines of Hurrian text continuing over the edge, a double rule, six lines of Akkadian interval names each with a numeral, and a colophon naming the nid qabli tuning, the zaluzi type and the scribe Ammurabi. National Museum of Damascus 3916, 17 x 6.3 x 2.5 cm.

Unknown author, 1400. Public domain

## Copies 3

**Drawing** Unknown author · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hurritische_hymne.gif)

**Museum photograph** virtual-museum-syria.org · Virtual Museum of Syria / National Museum of Damascus; all rights reserved, linked onlyPrimary source: [Musical staff (Hurrian Hymn no. 6), National Museum of Damascus, inv. 3916](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKK8K0WWA/musical-staff-hurrian-hymn-no-6-national-museum-of-damascus)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://virtual-museum-syria.org/damascus/56-tablet-musical-staff/)

**Transcription in laroche's edition** Emmanuel Laroche · 1968 · Copyright, Mission de Ras Shamra / Geuthner; print onlyPrimary source: [Documents en langue hourrite provenant de Ras Shamra](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHDCF6PMX/documents-en-langue-hourrite-provenant-de-ras-shamra)1 step from the original

[Where it's published](463 (transliteration), 487 (copy))

## Sources 3

- [Documents en langue hourrite provenant de Ras Shamra](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHDCF6PMX/documents-en-langue-hourrite-provenant-de-ras-shamra)_SRC_
- [Kollationen zum Musiktext aus Ugarit](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKZ52CSXN/kollationen-zum-musiktext-aus-ugarit)_SRC_
- [Musical staff (Hurrian Hymn no. 6), National Museum of Damascus, inv. 3916](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKK8K0WWA/musical-staff-hurrian-hymn-no-6-national-museum-of-damascus)_SRC_

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The Hymn to Nikkal tablet, h.6 (RS 15.30 + 15.49 + 17.387) [Artifact ART0DEDRXN5JEW1]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0DEDRXN5JEW1
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c. 1400 BC (14th-century BC palace stratum)

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