# Bayer's argument that the Ugarit notation was a separate channel from the Mesopotamian tradition leaves room for a… > Bayer's argument that the Ugarit notation was a separate channel from the Mesopotamian tradition leaves room for a local convention not described by the… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ5T6J47Q/bayers-argument-that-the-ugarit-notation-was-a-separate Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Hurrian songs of Ugarit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs)Evidence Evidence · Hurrian songs of Ugarit # Bayer's argument that the Ugarit notation was a separate channel from the Mesopotamian tradition leaves room for a… Bayer's argument that the Ugarit notation was a separate channel from the Mesopotamian tradition leaves room for a local convention not described by the theory tablets. Speculative0 ## 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[None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDX4GPAW9N/none-of-these) Bears onnone for, none against **Still possible** was No evidence yet ## 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 1 [The Mesopotamian Theory of Music and the Ugarit Notation: a Reexamination](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK6NHE2N8/the-mesopotamian-theory-of-music-and-the-ugarit-notation-a) Bayer 2014 SRC ## Cite it ``` Mysteries Department. (2026). Bayer's argument that the Ugarit notation was a separate channel from the Mesopotamian tradition leaves room for a… [Evidence EVD0DEDZ5T6J47Q]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDZ5T6J47Q ``` Key **EVD** 0DEDZ5T6J47Q Kind Evidence Tier Speculative Found in [Session 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/sessions/SES0DEEADDRHVSZ/session-1-the-hurrian-songs-of-ugarit-seeded-corpus-readings) · 31 Oct 2026 Version 1 Added by [apollo](https://mysteriesdept.com/u/apollo) The record Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history. [JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/EVD0DEDZ5T6J47Q)