Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Archeological Sitzfleisch
Archeologists are willing to spend serious time on a task!
Professor Anne Draffkorn Kilmer, who works as the curator at the Lowie Museum of Anthropology at Berkeley, spent fifteen years deciphering the clay tablets which were uncovered and excavated in Syria by French archaeologists in the early 1950s. The tablets, it has been confirmed, formed “a complete cult hymn and is the oldest preserved song with notation in the world.”The article includes a MIDI rendition of the song with accompaniment, which probably would have been harps or lyres. It doesn't sound anything like traditional Arab music or early European music. It sounds more Oriental, like this Korean song. ¶ 4:44 AM
