# Anne Draffkorn Kilmer 1986: Old Babylonian Musical Instructions Relating to Hymnody

> Anne Draffkorn Kilmer, Miguel Civil, 1986. 4 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Journal of Cuneiform Studies 38 (1986), 94-98. Old Babylonian…

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# Old Babylonian Musical Instructions Relating to Hymnody

Anne Draffkorn Kilmer, Miguel Civil, 1986.

**Hurrian songs of Ugarit** Articledoi: **[10.2307/1359953](https://doi.org/10.2307/1359953)** 0

## What it's used for here

Journal of Cuneiform Studies 38 (1986), 94-98. Old Babylonian fragments from Nippur that give instructions for singing hymns in terms of the interval names, the closest Mesopotamian parallel to the Ugarit notation.

## Cited by on this site 4 records

[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)

Evidence

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[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)

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

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[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)

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## Cite it

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Anne Draffkorn Kilmer, & Miguel Civil (1986). Old Babylonian Musical Instructions Relating to Hymnody. https://doi.org/10.2307/1359953
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[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.2307/1359953)

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