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A comment on Hurrian songs.

Re:Hurrian songs by fsiefken on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @03:48AM (#10151199)
Does anybody know what instruments they used back then to accompany these songs, or was it just singing? Perhaps a type of flute?
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Re:Hurrian songs by jacquesm on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @04:34AM (#10151313)
Apparently a harp like instrument:

> The tablet h.6 contains the lyrics for a hymn to Nikkal, a Semitic goddess of orchards, and instructions for a singer accompanied by a nine-stringed sammûm, a type of harp or, much more likely, a lyre. One or more of the tablets also contains instructions for tuning the harp.

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