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Richard Dumbrill

Archaeomusicologist, co-founder of ICONEA, who reads the Babylonian system as nine-note and has published his own transcription of h.6. Born 1947.

Richard Dumbrill is french-born British archaeomusicologist (born 1947), Institute of Musical Research, University of London; co-founder of ICONEA with Irving Finkel (born 1947), and appears in the record of Hurrian songs of Ugarit as archaeomusicologist, co-founder of ICONEA, who reads the Babylonian system as nine-note and has published his own transcription of h.6.

One event on the site involves Dumbrill: Hagel proposes that the numerals are durations; Dumbrill's second edition argues for a nine-note system (2005).

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The Hurrian songs of Ugarit
Archaeomusicologist, co-founder of ICONEA, who reads the Babylonian system as nine-note and has published his own transcription of h.6. · 1 event
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Mysteries Department. (2026). Richard Dumbrill [Person FIG0DEDPEYVC3WE]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/FIG0DEDPEYVC3WE
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