Evidence · Hurrian songs of Ugarit

A re-examination of all four theory tablets concludes that the system is heptatonic with a direction the texts leave…

A re-examination of all four theory tablets concludes that the system is heptatonic with a direction the texts leave interchangeable.

Supported0

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

Answer this evidence bears onDirection undetermined (Crocker, Gibson)

Supports1 for, none against

Still possiblewas No evidence yet

Next steps 1

Read Vitale 1982 and Gurney 1994 in full and record the specific arguments from the Nabnitu string names for each direction.

~4 h

On: Does the Babylonian tuning series, and so the h.6 scale, run upward or downward?

—not judged

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

Sources 2

A Re-examination of Ancient Near-Eastern Music-Theoretical Tablets and Notation; Concerning a Tablaturisation for the Hurrian H6 Cuneiform Tablet

Gibson 2021

SRC

Mesopotamian Tonal Systems

Crocker 1997

SRC

Cite it

Mysteries Department. (2026). A re-examination of all four theory tablets concludes that the system is heptatonic with a direction the texts leave… [Evidence EVD0DEDZ70HF2MM]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDZ70HF2MM

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  title     = {A re-examination of all four theory tablets concludes that the system is heptatonic with a direction the texts leave…},
  author    = {{Mysteries Department}},
  year      = {2026},
  note      = {Evidence, catalog key EVD0DEDZ70HF2MM},
  url       = {https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DEDZ70HF2MM}
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