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
Q000710 CDLI Literary 000710 (Ninisina C) composite 4 0
Q000711 CDLI Literary 000711 (Ninisina D) composite 2 1
Q000712 CDLI Literary 000712 (Ninisina E) composite 1 0
Q000713 CDLI Literary 000713 (Ninisina F) composite 1 0
Q000714 CDLI Literary 000714 (Ninkasi A) composite 2 1
Q000715 CDLI Literary 000715 (Ninlil A) composite 1 0
Q000716 CDLI Literary 000716 (Ninshubur A) composite 0 0
Q000717 CDLI Literary 000717 (Ninshubur B) composite 1 0
Q000719 CDLI Literary 000719 (Nintur A) composite 1 0
Q000720 CDLI Literary 000720 composite (Ninurta A) 2 0
Q000721 CDLI Literary 000721 (Ninurta A) composite 1 0
Q000722 CDLI Literary 000722 (Ninurta B) composite 1 0
Q000723 CDLI Literary 000723 (Ninurta C) composite 1 0
Q000724 CDLI Literary 000724 (Ninurta D) composite 1 0
Q000725 CDLI Literary 000725 (Ninurta F) composite 2 0
Q000726 CDLI Literary 000726 (Ninurta G) composite 1 0
Q000732 CDLI Literary 000732 (Ninurta fragment a) composite 0 0
Q000733 CDLI Literary 000733 (Nisaba A) composite 15 8
Q000734 CDLI Literary 000734 (Nisaba B) composite 3 0
Q000736 CDLI Literary 000736 (Nungal A) composite 55 1

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Page 15 of 19, showing 20 record(s) out of 369 total

Cite this Artifact
CDLI contributors. 2025. “Literary Composites.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. January 17, 2025. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=15&sort=designation&direction=asc.
CDLI contributors. (2025, January 17). Literary Composites. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=15&sort=designation&direction=asc
CDLI contributors (2025) Literary Composites, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=15&sort=designation&direction=asc (Accessed: January 17, 2025).
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