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
Q002873.07 CDLI Literary 002873.07 (Gilgamesh epic 07) composite 6 0
Q002873.08 CDLI Literary 002873.08 (Gilgamesh epic 08) composite 4 0
Q002873.09 CDLI Literary 002873.09 (Gilgamesh epic 09) composite 3 0
Q002873.10 CDLI Literary 002873.10 (Gilgamesh epic 10) composite 4 0
Q002873.11 CDLI Literary 002873.11 (Gilgamesh epic 11) composite 8 0
Q005359 CDLI Literary 005359 (Examenstext D) composite 4 0
Q009247 CDLI Literary 009247 composite 9 1
Qcurse CDLI Literary curse (Why do you curse me?) composite 0 0
QIshtardescent CDLI Literary Descent of Ishtar (composite) 3 0

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Page 19 of 19, showing 9 record(s) out of 369 total

Cite this Artifact
CDLI contributors. 2025. “Literary Composites.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. March 21, 2025. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=19.
CDLI contributors. (2025, March 21). Literary Composites. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=19
CDLI contributors (2025) Literary Composites, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=19 (Accessed: March 21, 2025).
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