How ancient Greek language expresses a seaborne imagination.
By Giordano Lipari via @aeonmag
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World’s Oldest Song Is 3,400 Years Old and You Can Listen to It Today
By Livia Pereira
https://mymodernmet.com/hurrian-hymn-oldest-song-world/
More information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurrian_songs
![A drawing of one side of the tablet on which the Hymn to Nikkal is inscribed[1]
Unknown author - https://web.archive.org/web/20061129004621/http://www.nationwide.net/%7Eamaranth/hurrian.htm
Hurrian hymn. (Transcription: below double-scribed line, Lines 1-6: Line 1--qáb-li-te 3 en:ir (cuneiform)-bu-en:te (cuneiform) 1 qáb-li-te 3 ša-aḫ-ri 1 en:i (cuneiform)-šar-te 10 uš-ta-en:ma (cuneiform)-en:a (cuneiform)-ri Line 2--ti-en:TI (cuneiform)-mi-šar-te 2 zi-ir-te 1 ša-[a]ḫ-en:ri (cuneiform) 2 ša-en:aš (cuneiform)-ša-te 2 ir-bu-te 2 (Transcription: below double-scribed line, Lines 1-6: Line 1--qáb-li-te 3 ir-bu-te 1 qáb-li-te 3 ša-aḫ-ri 1 i-šar-te 10 uš-ta-ma-a-ri Line 2--ti-ti-mi-šar(LUGAL)-te 2 zi-ir-te 1 ša-[a]ḫ-ri 2 ša-aš-ša-te 2 ir-bu-te 2](/proxy/post_attachment/720443/b60f05e748.gif "A drawing of one side of the tablet on which the Hymn to Nikkal is inscribed[1]
Unknown author - https://web.archive.org/web/20061129004621/http://www.nationwide.net/%7Eamaranth/hurrian.htm
Hurrian hymn. (Transcription: below double-scribed line, Lines 1-6: Line 1--qáb-li-te 3 en:ir (cuneiform)-bu-en:te (cuneiform) 1 qáb-li-te 3 ša-aḫ-ri 1 en:i (cuneiform)-šar-te 10 uš-ta-en:ma (cuneiform)-en:a (cuneiform)-ri Line 2--ti-en:TI (cuneiform)-mi-šar-te 2 zi-ir-te 1 ša-[a]ḫ-en:ri (cuneiform) 2 ša-en:aš (cuneiform)-ša-te 2 ir-bu-te 2 (Transcription: below double-scribed line, Lines 1-6: Line 1--qáb-li-te 3 ir-bu-te 1 qáb-li-te 3 ša-aḫ-ri 1 i-šar-te 10 uš-ta-ma-a-ri Line 2--ti-ti-mi-šar(LUGAL)-te 2 zi-ir-te 1 ša-[a]ḫ-ri 2 ša-aš-ša-te 2 ir-bu-te 2")