# Dylan Lawrence Gibson 2021: A Re-examination of Ancient Near-Eastern Music-Theoretical Tablets and Notation; Concerning a Tablaturisation for the Hurrian H6 Cuneiform Tablet

> Dylan Lawrence Gibson, 2021. 7 records on Mysteries Department cite it. MMus thesis, Stellenbosch University, 2021. Re-examines UET VII 126 (Nabnitu…

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# A Re-examination of Ancient Near-Eastern Music-Theoretical Tablets and Notation; Concerning a Tablaturisation for the Hurrian H6 Cuneiform Tablet

Dylan Lawrence Gibson, 2021.

**Hurrian songs of Ugarit** Thesis0

## What it's used for here

MMus thesis, Stellenbosch University, 2021. Re-examines UET VII 126 (Nabnitu XXXII), CBS 10996, UET VII 74 and UET VI/3 899; argues the system is heptatonic with interchangeable direction rather than Dumbrill's enneatonic, and that exact Western intervals cannot be assumed. Open access.

## Cited by on this site 7 records

[Nabnitu XXXII (U 3011), the lexical list of the nine strings](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/artifacts/ART0DEDS0WH6HGP/nabnitu-xxxii-u-3011-the-lexical-list-of-the-nine-strings)

ART

[Tablature](https://mysteriesdept.com/concepts/CPT0DEE951HKQ42/tablature)

CPT

[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)

Evidence

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)

Evidence

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)

Evidence

EVD

[Gibson argues that staff-notation realizations add what the tablet lacks and proposes string-number tablature](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/hurrian-songs/events/EVT0DEDRGTME65S/gibson-argues-that-staff-notation-realizations-add-what-the)

EVT

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Dylan Lawrence Gibson (2021). A Re-examination of Ancient Near-Eastern Music-Theoretical Tablets and Notation; Concerning a Tablaturisation for the Hurrian H6 Cuneiform Tablet. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/123820
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