From Ugarit, circa 1400 BC, a clay tablet with musical notation (and poetry) has been deciphered and recreated. Quite haunting and beautiful. I’ll be whistling this one in the elevator for sure.

“The most ancient example of written song. A hymn to Nikkal, wife of the moon god.”

Here’s an instrumental arrangement for ancient lyre that does rock some.

“This unique video, features my arrangement for solo lyre, of the 3400 year old “Hurrian Hymn no.6″, which was discovered in Ugarit in Syria in the early 1950s, and was preserved for 3400 years on a clay tablet, written in the Cuniform text of the ancient Hurrian language – it is THE oldest written song yet known! Respect, to the amazing ancient culture of Syria.”