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
Q000438 CDLI Literary 000438 (Ishbi-Erra B) composite 1 0
Q000439 CDLI Literary 000439 (Ishbi-Erra C) composite 3 0
Q000440 CDLI Literary 000440 (Ishbi-Erra D) composite 1 0
Q000441 CDLI Literary 000441 (Ishbi-Erra E) composite 5 0
Q000443 CDLI Literary 000443 Ishbi-Erra G (composite) 1 0
Q000444 CDLI Literary 000444 (Shu-Ilishu A) composite 3 0
Q000446 CDLI Literary 000446 (Shu-ilishu C) composite 2 0
Q000447 CDLI Literary 000447 (Iddin-Dagan A) composite 13 0
Q000448 CDLI Literary 000448 (Iddin-Dagan B) composite 22 4
Q000449 CDLI Literary 000449 (Iddin-Dagan C) composite 1 0
Q000450 CDLI Literary 000450 (Iddin-Dagan D) composite 2 0
Q000451 CDLI Literary 000451 (Ishme-Dagan A+V) composite 13 5
Q000452 CDLI Literary 000452 (Ishme-Dagan B) composite 3 1
Q000453 CDLI Literary 000453 (Ishme-Dagan C) composite 1 0
Q000454 CDLI Literary 000454 (Ishme-Dagan D) composite 2 0
Q000455 CDLI Literary 000455 (Ishme-Dagan E) composite 4 0
Q000456 CDLI Literary 000456 (Adab of Enlil for Ishme-Dagan) composite 1 0
Q000457 CDLI Literary 000457 (Adab of Ninlil for Ishme-Dagan) composite 0 0
Q000458 CDLI Literary 000458 (Ishme-Dagan H) composite 2 0
Q000459 CDLI Literary 000459 (Ishme-Dagan I) composite 1 0

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Page 6 of 19, showing 20 record(s) out of 369 total

Cite this Artifact
CDLI contributors. 2025. “Literary Composites.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. January 19, 2025. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=6&sort=designation&direction=asc.
CDLI contributors. (2025, January 19). Literary Composites. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=6&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=6&sort=designation&direction=asc (Accessed: January 19, 2025).
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	month = {jan 19},
	title = {Literary {Composites}},
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}


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