# O. R. Gurney 1968: An Old Babylonian Treatise on the Tuning of the Harp

> O. R. Gurney, 1968. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Iraq 30 (1968), 229-233. First publication of the Ur tuning text U.7/80 (UET VII 74)…

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# An Old Babylonian Treatise on the Tuning of the Harp

O. R. Gurney, 1968.

**Hurrian songs of Ugarit** Articledoi: **[10.2307/4199853](https://doi.org/10.2307/4199853)** 0

## What it's used for here

Iraq 30 (1968), 229-233. First publication of the Ur tuning text U.7/80 (UET VII 74), which gives the cycle of seven tunings by raising or lowering one string at a time; the key that made the h.6 terms readable as tunings and intervals.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[UET VII 74 (U.7/80), the Ur tuning text, with its duplicate UET VI/3 899](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/artifacts/ART0DEDS03ATMBC/uet-vii-74-u-7-80-the-ur-tuning-text-with-its-duplicate-uet)

ART

[Every notation term in h.6 corresponds to one of the fourteen Babylonian interval names, and the colophon names nid…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/evidence/EVD0DEEB2TNK15X/every-notation-term-in-h-6-corresponds-to-one-of-the)

Evidence

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)

Evidence

EVD

[Gurney and Wulstan publish the Ur tuning text; Laroche publishes the full Hurrian edition in Ugaritica V](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/events/EVT0DEDR0ZQ6KXM/gurney-and-wulstan-publish-the-ur-tuning-text-laroche)

EVT

[The tuning text UET VII 74 is written at Ur, describing the cycle of seven tunings](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/events/EVT0DEDQZCMEG0D/the-tuning-text-uet-vii-74-is-written-at-ur-describing-the)

EVT

[Oliver Robert Gurney](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/people/FIG0DEDPFHCBDC7/oliver-robert-gurney)

FIG

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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O. R. Gurney (1968). An Old Babylonian Treatise on the Tuning of the Harp. https://doi.org/10.2307/4199853
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.2307/4199853)

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