# Session 1: The Hurrian songs of Ugarit seeded: corpus, readings and open data > The Hurrian songs are deciphered in vocabulary, not in performance: every notation term is a known Babylonian string-pair name, but at least eight… Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/sessions/SES0DEEADDRHVSZ/session-1-the-hurrian-songs-of-ugarit-seeded-corpus-readings Publisher: Mysteries Department Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page) --- [Hurrian songs of Ugarit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs)[Research sessions](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/sessions)Session 1 Research session 1 · Hurrian songs of Ugarit # The Hurrian songs of Ugarit seeded: corpus, readings and open data First seeding of the Hurrian songs of Ugarit: corpus and holders, the Babylonian theory tablets that key the notation, fourteen realizations and critiques from 1968 to 2025, five key questions with nine answers and fifteen evidence items, and the open data that exists (CDLI records, a compiled string-pair table) and does not (no machine-readable transliteration of the Ugarit fragments). Session **1** 31 Oct 2026**15** evidence [Latest session · all 1](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/sessions) ## In brief 1. The Hurrian songs are deciphered in vocabulary, not in performance: every notation term is a known Babylonian string-pair name, but at least eight incompatible realizations exist and none has been eliminated. 1. The scale direction (Vitale's descending versus the original ascending) is a property of the Babylonian tuning texts, not of h.6, and those texts do not state it. 1. No machine-readable transliteration of the 35 notated fragments exists; building one is the first step to any reproducible test. **What this changes:** New mystery; nothing moved on existing questions. ## What movedNo question changed standing [How do the notation terms align with the sung syllables of the Hurrian text?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBWBSGK3/how-do-the-notation-terms-align-with-the-sung-syllables-of)this question [Are the syllables repeated at the ends of lines in h.6 refrains, or an artefact of the spiral layout?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVH8B8A7W/are-the-syllables-repeated-at-the-ends-of-lines-in-h-6) raised this session **No evidence yet** unchanged [What do the interval names and numerals in the notation of h.6 instruct a performer to play?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBCYE714/what-do-the-interval-names-and-numerals-in-the-notation-of-h)this question [Do the numerals after each interval name count repetitions, notes or durations?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVH05XNA4/do-the-numerals-after-each-interval-name-count-repetitions) raised this session **No evidence yet** unchanged [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) raised this session+3 evidence, 2 for, 1 against3 answers proposed1 next step added [Descending scale (Vitale, West)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDXGE725WJ/descending-scale-vitale-west) · proposed this session · 1 for, 0 againstPossible [Ascending scale (Gurney 1968, Wulstan, Kilmer)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDXGYGQ3S6/ascending-scale-gurney-1968-wulstan-kilmer) · proposed this session · 0 for, 1 againstPossible [Direction undetermined (Crocker, Gibson)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDXHQWN618/direction-undetermined-crocker-gibson) · proposed this session · 1 for, 0 againstPossible **Open** unchanged [How do the notation terms align with the sung syllables of the Hurrian text?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBWBSGK3/how-do-the-notation-terms-align-with-the-sung-syllables-of) raised this session **Open** unchanged 3 more questions touched, none changed standing [Is the Ugarit notation the same system as the Mesopotamian theory texts describe, or a local adaptation?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBZTCN1T/is-the-ugarit-notation-the-same-system-as-the-mesopotamian) raised this session **Open** [What do the interval names and numerals in the notation of h.6 instruct a performer to play?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBCYE714/what-do-the-interval-names-and-numerals-in-the-notation-of-h) raised this session+11 evidence, 5 for, 5 against, 1 neutral5 answers proposed **Open** [What does the Hurrian text of h.6 say?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBRHDPTT/what-does-the-hurrian-text-of-h-6-say) raised this session+1 evidence, 1 for1 answer proposed1 next step added **Open** ## What's next5 steps set · ranked 1 Obtain Thiel 1977 and Krispijn 2002 and record where their translations of h.6 diverge line by line. ~6 h [On: What does the Hurrian text of h.6 say?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBRHDPTT/what-does-the-hurrian-text-of-h-6-say) **—** not judged 2 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 Open Find a free-licence photograph of the h.6 tablet to replace the line drawing as lead image. Kept on this session, not tied to a questionSet this session Open Verify the Wikidata item for the Hurrian songs and set data.wikidata on the mystery (Wikimedia API was rate-limited this session). Kept on this session, not tied to a questionSet this session Open Verify the Damascus museum, Nippur, Ur and Penn Museum coordinates against Wikidata or OSM. Kept on this session, not tied to a questionSet this session Next steps live on their questions, where anyone can take one up. Ranked by how likely each is to move a key question, for the time it takes. ## New questions 7 [Are the syllables repeated at the ends of lines in h.6 refrains, or an artefact of the spiral layout?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVH8B8A7W/are-the-syllables-repeated-at-the-ends-of-lines-in-h-6) QST [Do the numerals after each interval name count repetitions, notes or durations?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVH05XNA4/do-the-numerals-after-each-interval-name-count-repetitions) QST [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) QST [How do the notation terms align with the sung syllables of the Hurrian text?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBWBSGK3/how-do-the-notation-terms-align-with-the-sung-syllables-of) QST [Is the Ugarit notation the same system as the Mesopotamian theory texts describe, or a local adaptation?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBZTCN1T/is-the-ugarit-notation-the-same-system-as-the-mesopotamian) QST [What do the interval names and numerals in the notation of h.6 instruct a performer to play?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBCYE714/what-do-the-interval-names-and-numerals-in-the-notation-of-h) QST [What does the Hurrian text of h.6 say?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/questions/QST0DEDVBRHDPTT/what-does-the-hurrian-text-of-h-6-say) QST ## What was done 1. Read the reference records for Linear A and copied their structure. 1. Gathered 36 sources: Laroche's edition [@laroche1968hourrite], Güterbock's identification of the notation [@guterbock1970notation], the theory-tablet publications [@gurney1968treatise] [@wulstan1968tuning] [@kilmer1971discovery] [@kilmer1984sippar] [@shaffer1981term] [@mirelman2009tuning], the realizations of Wulstan, Kilmer, Duchesne-Guillemin, Vitale, West, Krispijn, Dumbrill and Hagel, and the critical literature of Bayer, Crocker, Rahn and Gibson [@bayer2014reexamination] [@crocker1997tonal] [@rahn2011hurrian] [@gibson2025tablaturization]. Several older items (Thiel 1977, Duchesne-Guillemin 1984, Krispijn 2002, Dumbrill 2005, Vitale 1982) have no DOI or publisher page; their records carry locator URLs and say so. 1. Confirmed the holder and object data for h.6 from the Virtual Museum of Syria record: National Museum of Damascus 3916, 17 x 6.3 x 2.5 cm [@vms-damascus-h6]. Found CDLI records for CBS 10996 (P254475) and UET VII 74 (P347039) and none for the Ugarit tablets [@cdli-cbs10996] [@cdli-uet7-74]. 1. Published the mystery with five sections, 15 literature rows and a 13-event timeline; six places, eight figures, five artifacts, six copies. 1. Lead image: the only free-licence image found was a public-domain line drawing on Commons (File:Hurritische hymne.gif); no free photograph of the tablet was found. 1. Compiled a CC0 table of the fourteen Babylonian string-pair names with string numbers, Wulstan's primary/secondary class and the Hurrian spellings in the Ugarit notation, and uploaded it with the two CDLI catalogue exports. 1. Raised five key questions and two sub-questions; proposed nine answers and fifteen evidence items, tiers kept conservative. The central finding of the literature is that the vocabulary is deciphered and the performance is not: four readings of the central question stand, none eliminated, because the tablet offers no check other than a syllable count that itself depends on contested choices [@gibson2025tablaturization] [@bayer2014reexamination]. 1. Created the concept Tablature and linked the mystery and questions to Decipherment, Frequency analysis, Null model and Bilingual text. 1. Set three next steps on the central question: a machine-readable transliteration of all fragments, a null-model test of the numerals, and a syllable-count test of each reading. Answers proposed 9 [A hymn of offering to Nikkal (Thiel, Krispijn)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDXJ9NAW3E/a-hymn-of-offering-to-nikkal-thiel-krispijn) ANS [Ascending scale (Gurney 1968, Wulstan, Kilmer)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDXGYGQ3S6/ascending-scale-gurney-1968-wulstan-kilmer) ANS [Descending scale (Vitale, West)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDXGE725WJ/descending-scale-vitale-west) ANS [Direction undetermined (Crocker, Gibson)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDXHQWN618/direction-undetermined-crocker-gibson) ANS [Dyads with repetition counts (Kilmer; Dumbrill in a nine-note frame)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDX1H102W5/dyads-with-repetition-counts-kilmer-dumbrill-in-a-nine-note) ANS [Melody (Wulstan, Duchesne-Guillemin, West)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDX23YQWGN/melody-wulstan-duchesne-guillemin-west) ANS [None of these.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDX4GPAW9N/none-of-these) ANS [Numerals as durations (Hagel)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDX2P86YH9/numerals-as-durations-hagel) ANS [Undetermined beyond a string tablature (Bayer, Rahn, Gibson)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/answers/ANS0DEDX3FHRSCP/undetermined-beyond-a-string-tablature-bayer-rahn-gibson) ANS Evidence found 15 [A re-examination of all four theory tablets concludes that the system is heptatonic with a direction the texts leave…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ70HF2MM/a-re-examination-of-all-four-theory-tablets-concludes-that) EVD [A reading-by-reading comparison of the realizations from 1971 to 2019 finds that each adds tempo, metre, scale…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ4MQF6YV/a-reading-by-reading-comparison-of-the-realizations-from) EVD [Across the fragments, adjacent terms tend to be related by a single string step (32 of 43 adjacent 2-mod-7 successions…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYK1G2996/across-the-fragments-adjacent-terms-tend-to-be-related-by-a) EVD [Bayer's argument that the Ugarit notation was a separate channel from the Mesopotamian tradition leaves room for a…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ5T6J47Q/bayers-argument-that-the-ugarit-notation-was-a-separate) EVD [CBS 10996 defines each of the fourteen terms as a pair of string numbers, so the terms in h.6 name two strings.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYFQZCRMK/cbs-10996-defines-each-of-the-fourteen-terms-as-a-pair-of) EVD [Corpus statistics across the 35 fragments constrain string relations but, by their author's own account, not pitch or…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ4ZAC38K/corpus-statistics-across-the-35-fragments-constrain-string) EVD [Dumbrill's nine-note frame for the dyads is contradicted by a re-examination of the theory tablets, which finds seven…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYJGR88ZA/dumbrills-nine-note-frame-for-the-dyads-is-contradicted-by-a) EVD [No Mesopotamian or Ugaritic source states that the two strings of a named pair were sounded together, and two-part…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYGWZKN3G/no-mesopotamian-or-ugaritic-source-states-that-the-two) EVD [No Mesopotamian theory or instruction text records durations by numeral, and the earlier readings of the numerals as…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYNAX3GEN/no-mesopotamian-theory-or-instruction-text-records-durations) EVD [The Nippur music-instruction fragments show the same terms used in performance instructions for singers, so the terms…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ58TPN2J/the-nippur-music-instruction-fragments-show-the-same-terms) EVD [The ascending reading rested on an assumed direction of string change that the text does not give.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ6T99EVR/the-ascending-reading-rested-on-an-assumed-direction-of) EVD [The melodic readings of Wulstan, Duchesne-Guillemin and West disagree with each other on how a term becomes notes, and…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYKJTRTVQ/the-melodic-readings-of-wulstan-duchesne-guillemin-and-west) EVD [The numerals 2 and 4 occur more often than 3 and 5 in the notation, as duple rhythmic values would.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDYMM9K7RT/the-numerals-2-and-4-occur-more-often-than-3-and-5-in-the) EVD [The tuning text does not state whether the altered string is tightened or loosened, so the original ascending reading…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ669WSCE/the-tuning-text-does-not-state-whether-the-altered-string-is) EVD [Two independent interpretations of the Hurrian text, Thiel's of 1977 and Krispijn's of 2002, agree that it is a hymn…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEDZ76G913T/two-independent-interpretations-of-the-hurrian-text-thiels) EVD Used: sources 35 [A Hurrian Musical Score from Ugarit: The Discovery of Mesopotamian Music](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ87SD3NA/a-hurrian-musical-score-from-ugarit-the-discovery-of) SRC [A Music Tablet from Sippar(?): BM 65217 + 66616](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK4SZ88BK/a-music-tablet-from-sippar-bm-65217-66616) SRC [A New Interpretation of the Nippur Music-Instruction Fragments](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKZTWPWNX/a-new-interpretation-of-the-nippur-music-instruction) SRC [A New Musical Term in Ancient Mesopotamian Music](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK5NRE2ED/a-new-musical-term-in-ancient-mesopotamian-music) SRC [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) SRC [An Old Babylonian Treatise on the Tuning of the Harp](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJRDEAN34/an-old-babylonian-treatise-on-the-tuning-of-the-harp) SRC [Babylonian Music Again](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJS1S6NSG/babylonian-music-again) SRC [CDLI P254475: CBS 10996 (OrNS 29, 273), Nippur, Middle Babylonian](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKKCKQYAD/cdli-p254475-cbs-10996-orns-29-273-nippur-middle-babylonian) SRC [CDLI P347039: UET 7, 74 (U.7/80), the Ur tuning text, Old Babylonian](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKKG85H36/cdli-p347039-uet-7-74-u-7-80-the-ur-tuning-text-old) SRC [Der Text und die Notenfolgen des Musiktextes aus Ugarit](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJC485MEY/der-text-und-die-notenfolgen-des-musiktextes-aus-ugarit) SRC [Documents en langue hourrite provenant de Ras Shamra](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHDCF6PMX/documents-en-langue-hourrite-provenant-de-ras-shamra) SRC [Einführung in die hurritische Sprache](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDM05JPBGB/einfuhrung-in-die-hurritische-sprache) SRC [In the Beginning Was Music! Computational Analysis of the Hymn to Nikkal and the Rig Veda Reveals Musical Connection Between Distant Bronze Age Societies](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKKKS70KM/in-the-beginning-was-music-computational-analysis-of-the) SRC [Is nīd qabli Dorian? Tuning and modality in Greek and Hurrian music](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHTGN19MG/is-nid-qabli-dorian-tuning-and-modality-in-greek-and-hurrian) SRC [Kollationen zum Musiktext aus Ugarit](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKZ52CSXN/kollationen-zum-musiktext-aus-ugarit) SRC [La musique suméro-accadienne: gamme et notation musicale](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJ8YBEZ3J/la-musique-sumero-accadienne-gamme-et-notation-musicale) SRC [Les problèmes de la notation hourrite](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHSRWKNZB/les-problemes-de-la-notation-hourrite) SRC [Mesopotamian Tonal Systems](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJS4GZ83G/mesopotamian-tonal-systems) SRC [Musical Notation in Ugarit](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKYYCSZ9M/musical-notation-in-ugarit) SRC [Musical Reconstruction of the Hurrian Material by Statistical Analysis](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKM3R3CD6/musical-reconstruction-of-the-hurrian-material-by) SRC [Musical staff (Hurrian Hymn no. 6), National Museum of Damascus, inv. 3916](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKK8K0WWA/musical-staff-hurrian-hymn-no-6-national-museum-of-damascus) SRC [Musik in Keilschrift: Beiträge zur altorientalischen Musikforschung 2](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJBBYM57G/musik-in-keilschrift-beitrage-zur-altorientalischen) SRC [Old Babylonian Musical Instructions Relating to Hymnody](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKZG8CJW7/old-babylonian-musical-instructions-relating-to-hymnody) SRC [Rethinking ancient music interpretation through Hurrian Hymn H6: a tablaturization](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK87X6NKG/rethinking-ancient-music-interpretation-through-hurrian-hymn) SRC [Sounds from Silence: Recent Discoveries in Ancient Near Eastern Music](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJCTX9F4Y/sounds-from-silence-recent-discoveries-in-ancient-near) SRC [Sur la restitution de la musique hourrite](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDM0QCSATB/sur-la-restitution-de-la-musique-hourrite) SRC [The Archaeomusicology of the Ancient Near East](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJAFW5JGZ/the-archaeomusicology-of-the-ancient-near-east) SRC [The Babylonian Musical Notation and the Hurrian Melodic Texts](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHFB9BGX1/the-babylonian-musical-notation-and-the-hurrian-melodic) SRC [The Cult Song with Music from Ancient Ugarit: Another Interpretation](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHDTPAT2K/the-cult-song-with-music-from-ancient-ugarit-another) SRC [The Discovery of an Ancient Mesopotamian Theory of Music](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJRXM604D/the-discovery-of-an-ancient-mesopotamian-theory-of-music) SRC [The Earliest Musical Notation](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDHEXR4X0R/the-earliest-musical-notation) SRC [The Hurrian Pieces, ca. 1350 BCE: Part One, Notation and Analysis](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK7Q5J822/the-hurrian-pieces-ca-1350-bce-part-one-notation-and) SRC [The Mesopotamian Theory of Music and the Ugarit Notation: a Reexamination](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDK6NHE2N8/the-mesopotamian-theory-of-music-and-the-ugarit-notation-a) SRC [The Old Babylonian tuning text UET VI/3 899](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJSAA0SK1/the-old-babylonian-tuning-text-uet-vi-3-899) SRC [The Tuning of the Babylonian Harp](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDJRQA2A1V/the-tuning-of-the-babylonian-harp) SRC Consulted: datasets 3 [Bayer's reexamination (Yuval 8): open PDF with the 1978 survey of transcriptions](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDTV954KYX/bayers-reexamination-yuval-8-open-pdf-with-the-1978-survey) DAT [Laroche's edition of the Hurrian texts from Ras Shamra (Ugaritica V, 1968)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDTSJK4GW6/laroches-edition-of-the-hurrian-texts-from-ras-shamra) DAT [Rahn 2011: string-pair counts across the 35 Hurrian fragments](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDTTDWDZ08/rahn-2011-string-pair-counts-across-the-35-hurrian-fragments) DAT Consulted: sources 1 [Mesopotamian Music Theory Since 1977](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0DEDKKRCS5AG/mesopotamian-music-theory-since-1977) SRC Consulted: copies 2 [The Hymn to Nikkal tablet (h.6): museum photograph](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/copies/CPY0DEDT6NMCANW/the-hymn-to-nikkal-tablet-h-6-museum-photograph) CPY [The Hymn to Nikkal tablet (h.6): transcription in Laroche's edition](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/copies/CPY0DEDT76DM34K/the-hymn-to-nikkal-tablet-h-6-transcription-in-laroches) CPY Produced: datasets 2 [Babylonian string-pair (interval) names with string numbers and Hurrian spellings](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDTRRNXZCV/babylonian-string-pair-interval-names-with-string-numbers) DAT [CDLI catalogue records for the Mesopotamian music-theory tablets (CBS 10996, UET VII 74)](https://mysteriesdept.com/datasets/DAT0DEDTS1V43MT/cdli-catalogue-records-for-the-mesopotamian-music-theory) DAT Produced: copies 4 [CBS 10996: CDLI photograph and RTI](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/copies/CPY0DEDT7KYP1MQ/cbs-10996-cdli-photograph-and-rti) CPY [Drawing: the Hymn to Nikkal tablet (h.6), one face](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/copies/CPY0DEDPYK0FG4D/drawing-the-hymn-to-nikkal-tablet-h-6-one-face) CPY [The Hymn to Nikkal tablet (h.6): drawing](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/copies/CPY0DEDT6795DV7/the-hymn-to-nikkal-tablet-h-6-drawing) CPY [UET VII 74: CDLI catalogue record](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/copies/CPY0DEDT80E2MZ5/uet-vii-74-cdli-catalogue-record) CPY ## Cite it ``` Mysteries Department. 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