Hurrian songs of UgaritEvidence
Evidence · Hurrian songs of Ugarit
The tuning text does not state whether the altered string is tightened or loosened, so the original ascending reading…
The tuning text does not state whether the altered string is tightened or loosened, so the original ascending reading was an assumption, and its own editor later judged the descending reading worth serious consideration.
What it means
Key questionDoes the Babylonian tuning series, and so the h.6 scale, run upward or downward?
3 answers, none ahead yet
Openunchanged
Still possiblewas No evidence yet
Next steps 1
1
Read Vitale 1982 and Gurney 1994 in full and record the specific arguments from the Nabnitu string names for each direction.
~4 h
—not judged
Ranked by how likely each is to move the key question, for the time it takes
Sources 4
Cite it
Mysteries Department. (2026). The tuning text does not state whether the altered string is tightened or loosened, so the original ascending reading… [Evidence EVD0DEDZ669WSCE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDZ669WSCE
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title = {The tuning text does not state whether the altered string is tightened or loosened, so the original ascending reading…},
author = {{Mysteries Department}},
year = {2026},
note = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEDZ669WSCE},
url = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDZ669WSCE}
}