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.

Royal Lexical Literature Scientific

Composite Number	Composite Designation	Witnesses	Tagged Witness
Qneeded_2	CDLI Lexical Pigs (Archaic Pigs) composite	0	0
Qneeded_1	CDLI Lexical 0000archun36 (Archaic Unidentified 36) composite	0	0
Q003904	CDLI Lexical 003904 (OB izi Varia) composite	6	4
Q003902	CDLI Lexical 003902 (OB ugumu Varia) composite	23	17
Q000302	CDLI Lexical 000302 (OB lu2-azlag2 B-C) composite	21	18
Q000299	CDLI Lexical 000299 (ED Animals B) composite	2	1
Q000292	CDLI Lexical 000292 (ED Word List Z) composite	8	2
Q000268	CDLI Lexical 000268 (ED Word List F) composite	12	8
Q000265	CDLI Lexical 000265 (Archaic Geography) composite	12	11
Q000263	NABU 2008/37	10	2
Q000261	CDLI Lexical 000261 (OB Nippur An Anum) composite	26	1
Q000145	CDLI Lexical 000145 Syllabary B	70	2
Q000110	CDLI Lexical 000110 (Lu2 short 02) composite	10	9
Q000047	Historiae 22: 18	116	110
Q000047	CDLI Lexical 000047 (OB Nippur Lu2) composite	116	110
Q000043	CDLI Lexical 000043 (OB Nippur Ura 06) composite	54	50
Q000042	CDLI Lexical 000042 (OB Nippur Ura 05) composite	57	4
Q000041	CDLI Lexical 000041 (OB Nippur Ura 04) composite	141	103
Q000040	CDLI Lexical 000040 (OB Nippur Ura 02) composite	133	128
Q000039	CDLI Lexical 000039 (OB Nippur Ura 01) composite	382	364

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Cite this Artifacts

CDLI contributors. 2026. “Lexical Composites.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. April 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Lexical?sort=composite_no&direction=desc.

CDLI contributors. (2026, April 20). Lexical Composites. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Lexical?sort=composite_no&direction=desc

CDLI contributors (2026) Lexical Composites, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Lexical?sort=composite_no&direction=desc (Accessed: April 20, 2026).

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Cite this Artifacts

CDLI contributors. 2026. “Lexical Composites.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. April 20, 2026. https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Lexical?sort=composite_no&direction=desc.

CDLI contributors. (2026, April 20). Lexical Composites. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Lexical?sort=composite_no&direction=desc

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