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.
RoyalLexicalLiteratureScientificComposite Number | Composite Designation | Witnesses | Tagged Witness |
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Q000001 | CDLI Lexical 000001 (OB Nippur Ura 03) composite | 245 | 160 |
Q000002 | CDLI Lexical 000002 (Archaic Lu2 A) composite | 197 | 193 |
Q000003 | CDLI Lexical 000003 (ED Lu2 A) composite | 52 | 31 |
Q000006 | CDLI Lexical 000006 (ED Lu2 E) composite | 9 | 8 |
Q000007 | CDLI Lexical 000007 (Archaic Officials) composite | 16 | 15 |
Q000008 | CDLI Lexical 000008 (ED Officials) composite | 3 | 2 |
Q000010 | CDLI Lexical 000010 (ED Names & Professions) composite | 23 | 22 |
Q000011 | CDLI Lexical 000011 (Archaic Animals) composite | 26 | 25 |
Q000012 | CDLI Lexical 000012 (ED Animals A) composite | 2 | 1 |
Q000013 | CDLI Lexical 000013 (Archaic Fish) composite | 23 | 22 |
Q000014 | CDLI Lexical 000014 (ED Fish) composite | 16 | 15 |
Q000017 | CDLI Lexical 000017 (Archaic Birds) composite | 6 | 5 |
Q000018 | CDLI Lexical 000018 (ED Birds) composite | 7 | 5 |
Q000019 | CDLI Lexical 000019 (Archaic Plant) composite | 4 | 3 |
Q000020 | CDLI Lexical 000020 (ED Plants) composite | 4 | 3 |
Q000022 | CDLI Lexical 000022 (Archaic Wood) composite | 32 | 31 |
Q000023 | CDLI Lexical 000023 (Archaic Vessels and Garments) composite | 98 | 97 |
Q000024 | CDLI Lexical 000024 (ED Vessels and Garments) composite | 7 | 6 |
Q000026 | CDLI Lexical 000026 (Archaic Metal) composite | 55 | 54 |
Q000027 | CDLI Lexical 000027 (ED Metals) composite | 13 | 12 |