# CBS 10996 defines each of the fourteen terms as a pair of string numbers, so the terms in h.6 name two strings.

> CBS 10996 defines each of the fourteen terms as a pair of string numbers, so the terms in h.6 name two strings.

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# CBS 10996 defines each of the fourteen terms as a pair of string numbers, so the terms in h.6 name two strings.

CBS 10996 defines each of the fourteen terms as a pair of string numbers, so the terms in h.6 name two strings.

Established0

## What it means

Key question[What do the interval names and numerals in the notation of h.6 instruct a performer to play?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBCYE714/what-do-the-interval-names-and-numerals-in-the-notation-of-h)

5 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Dyads with repetition counts (Kilmer; Dumbrill in a nine-note frame)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDX1H102W5/dyads-with-repetition-counts-kilmer-dumbrill-in-a-nine-note)

Supports1 for, 2 against

**Still possible** unchanged

## Next steps 3

1

Key the notation lines of all ~35 fragments from Laroche, Ugaritica V pp. 462-496 (with Dietrich and Loretz 1975 corrections for h.6), into one CSV of fragment, line, position, Hurrian term, Akkadian equivalent, string pair and numeral, using the string-pair table DAT0DEDTRRNXZCV as the key; reproduce Rahn's 2011 counts as a check.

~12 h

[On: What do the interval names and numerals in the notation of h.6 instruct a performer to play?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBCYE714/what-do-the-interval-names-and-numerals-in-the-notation-of-h)

**—** not judged

2

Test the numeral readings against a null model: compare the observed distribution of numerals 1 to 10 across all fragments with the distributions expected under repetition counts (geometric-like, no parity preference) and under duple durations (excess of 2 and 4), using a permutation test; report whether Hagel's duration reading beats the repetition reading.

~4 h

[On: What do the interval names and numerals in the notation of h.6 instruct a performer to play?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBCYE714/what-do-the-interval-names-and-numerals-in-the-notation-of-h)

**—** not judged

3

Count the sung syllables of h.6 from Laroche's transliteration under both rules for the repeated line-end syllables, and compare with the note totals implied by Kilmer's, Duchesne-Guillemin's, West's and Hagel's readings; publish which readings can match under which rule.

~6 h

[On: What do the interval names and numerals in the notation of h.6 instruct a performer to play?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBCYE714/what-do-the-interval-names-and-numerals-in-the-notation-of-h)

**—** not judged

Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes

## Sources 3

[A Music Tablet from Sippar(?): BM 65217 + 66616](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK4SZ88BK/a-music-tablet-from-sippar-bm-65217-66616)

Kilmer 1984

SRC

[CDLI P254475: CBS 10996 (OrNS 29, 273), Nippur, Middle Babylonian](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKKCKQYAD/cdli-p254475-cbs-10996-orns-29-273-nippur-middle-babylonian)

Initiative 2023

SRC

[The Discovery of an Ancient Mesopotamian Theory of Music](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJRXM604D/the-discovery-of-an-ancient-mesopotamian-theory-of-music)

Kilmer 1971

SRC

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). CBS 10996 defines each of the fourteen terms as a pair of string numbers, so the terms in h.6 name two strings. [Evidence EVD0DEDYFQZCRMK]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDYFQZCRMK
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**EVD** 0DEDYFQZCRMK

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[Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/sessions/SES0DEEADDRHVSZ/session-1-the-hurrian-songs-of-ugarit-seeded-corpus-readings) · 31 Oct 2026

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