Hurrians

The Hurrians or Khurrites were people who lived in and around northern Mesopotamia from about 2500 BC. They were a large ethnic group, and had some cities and kingdoms, but they also lived in small groups among other ethnic people. The first known piece of music to be written down was Hurrian.

Hurrians Media

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  The Middle East around 2300 BC

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  Incense burner. Hurrian period, 1300–1000 BC. From Tell Basmosian (also Tell Bazmusian), modern-day Lake Dukan, Iraq. Currently displayed in Erbil Civilization Museum.

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  A pottery incense container which was found at layer 5 of the altar platform of the central temple of Tell-Basmosian. Hurrian period, 2nd millennium BCE. The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq.

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  The Hittite gods Teshub and Hebat, chamber A, Yazilikaya, Hittite rock sanctuary, Turkey

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  The Louvre lion and accompanying stone tablet bearing the earliest known text in Hurrian