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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Q000395 | CDLI Literary 000395 (Shulgi A) composite | 79 | 3 |
Q000396 | CDLI Literary 000396 (Shulgi B) composite | 73 | 4 |
Q000397 | CDLI Literary 000397 (Shulgi C) composite | 16 | 0 |
Q000398 | CDLI Literary 000398 (Shulgi D) composite | 9 | 7 |
Q000399 | CDLI Literary 000399 (Shulgi E) composite | 17 | 1 |
Q000400 | CDLI Literary 000400 (Shulgi F) composite | 7 | 0 |
Q000401 | CDLI Literary 000401 (Shulgi G) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000402 | CDLI Literary 000402 (Shulgi H) composite | 3 | 0 |
Q000403 | CDLI Literary 000403 (Shulgi K) composite | 2 | 0 |
Q000404 | CDLI Literary 000404 (Shulgi L) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000404 | CDLI Literary 000405 (Shulgi M) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000406 | CDLI Literary 000406 (Shulgi N) composite | 8 | 1 |
Q000407 | CDLI Literary 000407 (Shulgi O) composite | 7 | 0 |
Q000408 | CDLI Literary 000408 (Shulgi P) composite | 4 | 0 |
Q000409 | CDLI Literary 000409 (Shulgi Q) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000410 | CDLI Literary 000410 (Shulgi R) composite | 2 | 0 |
Q000411 | CDLI Literary 000411 (Shulgi S) composite | 5 | 2 |
Q000412 | CDLI Literary 000412 (Shulgi T) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000413 | CDLI Literary 000413 (Shulgi U) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000414 | CDLI Literary 000414 (Shulgi V) composite | 0 | 0 |