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The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian

Peter Pringle · 15.2M views · 2014-06-09 · 3:56

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Peter Pringle sings the opening of the Epic of Gilgamesh in Sumerian, accompanied by a reconstructed ancient instrument. The description gives background on Sumer, cuneiform and how little is known about the language's pronunciation.

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HN recommends it to fans of ancient music as a rare chance to hear an attempt at 4,000-year-old song.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2021–2025

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danans · 2024-05 · Recommendation

If you like this kind of stuff, you should listen to Peter Pringle singing the Epic of Gilgamesh while playing a reconstructed oud. While the melodies/rhythms he uses are his creation, the words are from the epic itself which was itself 2000 years old by the time of Ancient Greece. [VIDEO]

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ZeljkoS · 2024-05 · Recommendation

If you like this video, you will probably also like Peter Pringle's The Epic Of Gilgamesh In Sumerian: [VIDEO]

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kibwen · 2022-08 · Recommendation

In a somewhat similar vein, here's Peter Pringle singing the opening lines of The Epic of Gilgamesh (written 4,000 years ago), using our best guess at Sumerian pronunciation and playing a modern recreation of an instrument that the Sumerians would have had, as an attempt to guess what ancient Sumerian music might have sounded like: [VIDEO]

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