Home›Sources›Tablet RS 15.30+, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (French Ministry of Culture, Ugarit Excavation Portal)SourcesTablet RS 15.30+, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (French Ministry of Culture, Ugarit Excavation Portal)Ministere de la Culture, archeologie.culture.gouv.fr Ugarit portal, read 2026-08-19Citation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Tablet RS 15.30+, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (French Ministry of Culture, Ugarit Excavation Portal)." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/hurrian-hymn-rs-15030-source.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Tablet RS 15.30+, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (French Ministry of Culture, Ugarit Excavation Portal). Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/hurrian-hymn-rs-15030-sourceCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-tablet-rs-15-30-the-hurrian-hymn-to-nikk, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Tablet RS 15.30+, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (French Ministry of Culture, Ugarit Excavation Portal)}, year = {2026}, url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/hurrian-hymn-rs-15030-source}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThe French Ministry of Culture's own archaeological record for the excavation of Ugarit (Ras Shamra, Syria), covering tablet RS 15.30 and its joining fragments, held in the National Museum of Damascus. The portal's own page on the tablet states that its first lines give the words, in the Hurrian language, of a hymn to the goddess Nikkal, described as the Hurrian and Ugaritic transcription of the Sumerian lunar goddess whose name means "the great lady." The portal dates the royal palace archive in which the tablet was found to the site's occupation from the fourteenth to the early twelfth century BCE, and describes the tablet as the only one of Ugarit's musical texts well enough preserved for near-complete modern reconstruction.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (19 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsCitationPublisherWell-attestedMinistere de la Culture (French Ministry of Culture)URLWell-attestedhttps://archeologie.culture.gouv.fr/ougarit/fr/la-tablette-rs-15030-un-bel-et-rare-exemple-de-notation-musicaleSource TypeWell-attestedinstitutional recordAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1The French Ministry of Culture's own official archaeological documentation portal for the Ugarit excavation, naming the Hurrian language and the goddess Nikkal outright as the subject of the tablet's text.Cross-Tradition ConnectionsAssociated WithDamascus, Cities Well-attested This source names Damascus directly: "held in the National Museum of Damascus."Source Tablet RS 15.30+, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (French Ministry of Culture, Ugarit Excavation Portal)tier 1Hurrians, Cultures Well-attested This source names Hurrians directly: "The French Ministry of Culture's own archaeological record for the excavation of Ugarit (Ras Shamra, Syria), covering tablet RS 15.30 and its joining fragments, held in the National Museum of..."Source Tablet RS 15.30+, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (French Ministry of Culture, Ugarit Excavation Portal)tier 1Syria, Countries Well-attested This source names Syria directly: "the excavation of Ugarit (Ras Shamra, Syria), covering tablet RS 15.30 and its joining fragments, held in the National Museum of Damascus."Source Tablet RS 15.30+, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (French Ministry of Culture, Ugarit Excavation Portal)tier 1Ugarit, Cities Well-attested This source names Ugarit directly: "record for the excavation of Ugarit (Ras Shamra, Syria), covering tablet RS 15.30 and its joining fragments, held in the National Museum of Damascus."Source Tablet RS 15.30+, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (French Ministry of Culture, Ugarit Excavation Portal)tier 1Ugaritic, Languages Well-attested This source names Ugaritic directly: "Nikkal, described as the Hurrian and Ugaritic transcription of the Sumerian lunar goddess whose name means "the great lady." The portal dates the royal palace archive in which the tablet was found..."Source Tablet RS 15.30+, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (French Ministry of Culture, Ugarit Excavation Portal)tier 1Claims Backed By This Source (19 claims)This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 9 well-attested. As cited relationships: 9 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 10 claims: 5 well-attested, 5 holds.Musical Works, 9 claims: 4 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.Well-attested9Musical WorksHurrian Hymn No. 6 (Hymn to Nikkal)SourcesTablet RS 15.30+, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (French Ministry of Culture, Ugarit Excavation Portal)Holds9Musical WorksHurrian Hymn No. 6 (Hymn to Nikkal)SourcesTablet RS 15.30+, the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal (French Ministry of Culture, Ugarit Excavation Portal)General References1Musical WorksHurrian Hymn No. 6 (Hymn to Nikkal)Comments (0)No comments yet. 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