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Hurrian songs, an Uncommon card
The Hurrian songs are a collection of music written in cuneiform on clay tablets excavated from the ancient city of Ugarit, a headland in northern Syria, which date to approximately 1400 BCE.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Arts
- ATK
- 68
- DEF
- 50
- Power
- 118
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 72,000
Power 118 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Hurrian songs quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Hurrian songs card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
While the composers' names of some of the ______ pieces are known, h.6 is an anonymous work.
Answer
fragmentary. While the composers' names of some of the fragmentary pieces are known, h.6 is an anonymous work. From the Hurrian songs article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The Hurrian songs are a collection of music written in cuneiform on clay tablets excavated from the ancient city of Ugarit, a headland in northern Syria, which date to approximately ____ BCE.
Answer
1400s. The Hurrian songs are a collection of music written in cuneiform on clay tablets excavated from the ancient city of Ugarit, a headland in northern Syria, which date to approximately 1400 BCE. From the Hurrian songs article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jack Antonoff production discography. Jack Antonoff production discography 80 · Hindustani classical music 71 · Hurrian songs 68 · Vayu 63 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- One of these tablets, which is nearly complete, contains the Hurrian Hymn to Nikkal, making it the oldest surviving substantially complete work of notated music in the world.
- While the composers' names of some of the fragmentary pieces are known, h.6 is an anonymous work.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Hurrian songs article was read about 72,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 68 and blocks with 50: each hit it takes is cut by 20 %.
How to get Hurrian songs
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Hurrian songs (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Marie-Lan Nguyen, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
