# 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.

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# 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.

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## What it means

Key question[Does the Babylonian tuning series, and so the h.6 scale, run upward or downward?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBJK95SB/does-the-babylonian-tuning-series-and-so-the-h-6-scale-run)

3 answers, none ahead yet

**Open** unchanged

Answer this evidence bears on[Direction undetermined (Crocker, Gibson)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDXHQWN618/direction-undetermined-crocker-gibson)

Supports1 for, none against

**Still possible** was 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

[On: Does the Babylonian tuning series, and so the h.6 scale, run upward or downward?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBJK95SB/does-the-babylonian-tuning-series-and-so-the-h-6-scale-run)

**—** 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](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK8D1ARTC/a-re-examination-of-ancient-near-eastern-music-theoretical)

Gibson 2021

SRC

[Mesopotamian Tonal Systems](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJS4GZ83G/mesopotamian-tonal-systems)

Crocker 1997

SRC

## Cite it

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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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[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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