# Anne Draffkorn Kilmer 1971: The Discovery of an Ancient Mesopotamian Theory of Music

> Anne Draffkorn Kilmer, 1971. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 115/2 (1971), 131-149. Kilmer's…

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# The Discovery of an Ancient Mesopotamian Theory of Music

Anne Draffkorn Kilmer, 1971.

**Hurrian songs of Ugarit** Article0

## What it's used for here

Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 115/2 (1971), 131-149. Kilmer's synthesis of the three theory texts (CBS 10996, UET VII 74, Nabnitu XXXII) into a nine-string, seven-note system with fourteen named string pairs.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[CBS 10996, the Nippur list of fourteen string pairs](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/artifacts/ART0DEDRYWDSZRF/cbs-10996-the-nippur-list-of-fourteen-string-pairs)

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[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)

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[Anne Draffkorn Kilmer](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/people/FIG0DEDPD94MHD1/anne-draffkorn-kilmer)

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

The mystery article

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## Cite it

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Anne Draffkorn Kilmer (1971). The Discovery of an Ancient Mesopotamian Theory of Music. https://www.jstor.org/stable/985853
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[Find it at jstor.org](https://www.jstor.org/stable/985853)

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