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
Q000352 CDLI Literary 000352 (Ninurta and the Turtle) composite 7 2
Q000353 CDLI Literary 000353 (Ninurta's Fields) composite 6 0
Q000354 CDLI Literary 000354 (Marriage of Martu) composite 1 0
Q000355 CDLI Literary 000355 (Ningešzida and Ninazimua) composite 1 0
Q000356 CDLI Literary 000356 (Ningeshzida's Descent) composite 7 1
Q000357 CDLI Literary 000357 (Flood Story) composite 3 1
Q000358 CDLI Literary 000358 (How Grain came to Sumer) composite 2 0
Q000359 CDLI Literary 000359 (Šumunda Grass) composite 1 0
Q000360 CDLI Literary 000360 (Pabilsag's Journey to Nippur) composite 1 0
Q000361 CDLI Literary 000361 (Gilgamesh and Aga) composite 17 0
Q000362 CDLI Literary 000362 (Gilgamesh and the Bull of Heaven) composite 23 0
Q000363 CDLI Literary 000363 (Death of Gilgamesh: Nippur Version) composite 12 0
Q000364 CDLI Literary 000364 (Gilgamesh, Enkidu and the Netherworld) composite 77 14
Q000365 CDLI Literary 000365 (Gilgamesh and Huwawa A) composite 89 70
Q000366 CDLI Literary 000366 (Gilgamesh and Huwawa B) composite 3 0
Q000367 CDLI Literary 000367 (Lugalbanda and Mountain Cave) composite 60 2
Q000368 CDLI Literary 000368 (Lugalbanda and Anzu) composite 55 24
Q000369 CDLI Literary 000369 (Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta) composite 27 2
Q000370 CDLI Literary 000370 (Enmerkar and En-suhgir-ana) composite 37 2
Q000371 CDLI Literary 000371 (Sumerian King List) composite 27 7

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Page 2 of 19, showing 20 record(s) out of 369 total

Cite this Artifact
CDLI contributors. 2024. “Literary Composites.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. April 18, 2024. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=2.
CDLI contributors. (2024, April 18). Literary Composites. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=2
CDLI contributors (2024) Literary Composites, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=2 (Accessed: April 18, 2024).
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