Hurrian songs

A drawing of one side of the tablet on which the Hymn to Nikkal is inscribed

The Hurrian songs (or Hurrian Hymns) are a collection of music written in cuneiform on clay tablets excavated from the ancient city of Ugarit, a headland in northern Syria, which date to approximately 1400 BC.

Quotes

• You are the strong one, whom I praise, the bull-calf of Anu! You are the strong one, whom I praise.
  • The Hurrian hymn KUB 47.78
  • quoted in The Centrality of the Bovine in Indo-European Tradition —Reassessing the Horse-Centric Narrative and Steppe Model of Indo-European Origins —Akash Kumar