Composites List

Composite texts are scholarly re-created "complete" versions of texts based on the various witnesses ancient Mesopotamians have written in the past and which survive to this day. These virtual complete versions of compositions help us understand the memorized, oral, or copied text which was at the origin of the written ones. They also help us reconstruct whole stories and lists since many witnesses are incomplete, because they are broken or because the scribe only wrote a section of the whole composition.

RoyalLexicalLiteratureScientific
Composite Number Composite Designation Witnesses Tagged Witness
Q000026 CDLI Lexical 000026 (Archaic Metal) composite 55 54
Q000027 CDLI Lexical 000027 (ED Metals) composite 13 12
Q000028 CDLI Lexical 000028 (Archaic Grain) composite 9 8
Q000029 CDLI Lexical 000029 (ED Food) composite 14 12
Q000030 CDLI Lexical 000030 (Archaic Tribute) composite 58 57
Q000031 CDLI Lexical 000031 (ED Tribute) composite 17 13
Q000034 CDLI Lexical 000034 (Archaic Cities) composite 17 16
Q000035 CDLI Lexical 000035 (ED Cities) composite 3 2
Q000037 CDLI Lexical 000037 (eš2-bar-kinx) composite 0 0
Q000038 CDLI Lexical 000038 (Ebla Sign List) composite 2 1
Q000039 CDLI Lexical 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite 382 364
Q000040 CDLI Lexical 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite 133 128
Q000041 CDLI Lexical 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite 141 103
Q000042 CDLI Lexical 000042 (OB Nippur Ura 05) composite 57 4
Q000043 CDLI Lexical 000043 (OB Nippur Ura 06) composite 54 50
Q000047 CDLI Lexical 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite 116 110
Q000110 CDLI Lexical 000110 (Lu2 short 02) composite 10 9
Q000145 CDLI Lexical 000145 Syllabary B 69 2
Q000261 CDLI Lexical 000261 (OB Nippur An Anum) composite 26 1
Q000265 CDLI Lexical 000265 (Archaic Geography) composite 12 11

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Cite this Artifact
CDLI contributors. 2024. “Lexical Composites.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. September 15, 2024. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Lexical?page=2.
CDLI contributors. (2024, September 15). Lexical Composites. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Lexical?page=2
CDLI contributors (2024) Lexical Composites, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Lexical?page=2 (Accessed: September 15, 2024).
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	howpublished = {https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Lexical?page=2},
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