The Hurrian Hymn was discovered in the 1950s on a clay tablet inscribed with Cuneiform text. It’s the oldest surviving melody and is over 3,400 years old. The hymn was discovered on a clay tablet in ...

Deciphering the 3,500 year-old song discovered on a clay tablet in Syria. It became known as the Hurrian Hymn. Show more A 3,500 year old song was found on a clay tablet by archaeologists in Syria ...

Songs of ancient Syria In the 1950s ... were a product of the text being written in a language known as Hurrian from the north-east Caucasus, probably in modern-day Armenia, but which ended ...