# Richard J. Dumbrill 2005: The Archaeomusicology of the Ancient Near East

> Richard J. Dumbrill, 2005. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Trafford, Victoria BC 2005; second edition of The Musicology and Organology of the…

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# The Archaeomusicology of the Ancient Near East

Richard J. Dumbrill, 2005.

**Hurrian songs of Ugarit** Book0

## What it's used for here

Trafford, Victoria BC 2005; second edition of The Musicology and Organology of the Ancient Near East (Tadema Press, London 1998). Dumbrill's reading of the Babylonian system as enneatonic (nine-note) and his transcription of h.6 as dyads with the numerals read as counts. URL is a locator (author page).

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[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)

Evidence

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[Hagel proposes that the numerals are durations; Dumbrill's second edition argues for a nine-note system](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/events/EVT0DEDRGFPZSRS/hagel-proposes-that-the-numerals-are-durations-dumbrills)

EVT

[Richard Dumbrill](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/people/FIG0DEDPEYVC3WE/richard-dumbrill)

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[The Hurrian songs of Ugarit](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs)

The mystery article

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## Cite it

```
Richard J. Dumbrill (2005). The Archaeomusicology of the Ancient Near East. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dumbrill_(musicologist)
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[Find it at en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dumbrill_(musicologist))

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