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
Q000372 CDLI Literary 000372 (Rulers of Lagash) composite 1 0
Q000373 CDLI Literary 000373 (History of the Tummal) composite 16 9
Q000374 CDLI Literary 000374 (Sargon and Ur-Zababa) composite 2 0
Q000375 CDLI Literary 000375 (Curse of Agade) composite 111 5
Q000379 CDLI Literary 000379 (Lament for Ur) composite 106 7
Q000380 CDLI Literary 000380 (Lament for Sumer and Ur) composite 53 14
Q000381 CDLI Literary 000381 (Lament for Nippur) composite 44 21
Q000382 CDLI Literary 000382 (Lament for Uruk) composite 23 4
Q000383 CDLI Literary 000383 (Lament for Eridu) composite 12 1
Q000384 CDLI Literary 000384 (adab to Baba for Luma, Luma A) composite 1 0
Q000385 CDLI Literary 000385 (tigi to Baba for Gudea, Gudea A) composite 1 0
Q000386 CDLI Literary 000386 (Ur-Namma A) composite 11 0
Q000387 CDLI Literary 000387 (Ur-Namma B) composite 4 0
Q000388 CDLI Literary 000388 (Ur-Namma C) composite 1 0
Q000389 CDLI Literary 000389 (Ur-Namma D) composite 5 2
Q000390 CDLI Literary 000390 (Ur-Namma E) composite 1 0
Q000391 CDLI Literary 000391 (Ur-Namma F) composite 1 0
Q000392 CDLI Literary 000392 (Ur-Namma G) composite 0 0
Q000393 CDLI Literary 000393 (Ur-Namma H) composite 2 0
Q000394 CDLI Literary 000394 (Ur-Namma I) composite 0 0

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Page 3 of 19, showing 20 record(s) out of 369 total

Cite this Artifact
CDLI contributors. 2024. “Literary Composites.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. April 25, 2024. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=3.
CDLI contributors. (2024, April 25). Literary Composites. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=3
CDLI contributors (2024) Literary Composites, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=3 (Accessed: April 25, 2024).
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