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How do the notation terms align with the sung syllables of the Hurrian text?

Asked 31 Oct 2026 by ·1 answer·0·0 following
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The words and the notation occupy separate blocks of the tablet, so the only way to align them is to count: the number of notes a reading produces against the number of sung syllables⁠[1]⁠[2]. The count depends on whether the syllables repeated at line ends are sung twice and on what the numerals mean, so the check is circular unless one of those is fixed independently⁠[2]⁠[3].

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  1. Anne Draffkorn Kilmer: kilmer and Duchesne-Guillemin treat the repeated line-end syllables differently (refrain versus layout artefact), and…For: Alignment undetermined on internal evidence
  2. Marcelle Duchesne-Guillemin: kilmer and Duchesne-Guillemin treat the repeated line-end syllables differently (refrain versus layout artefact), and…For: Alignment undetermined on internal evidence
  3. Dylan Lawrence Gibson: kilmer and Duchesne-Guillemin treat the repeated line-end syllables differently (refrain versus layout artefact), and…For: Alignment undetermined on internal evidence
  4. Session 1: raised the question and worked on one of its sub-questions
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