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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Q000737 | CDLI Literary 000737 (Nuska A) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000738 | CDLI Literary 000738 (Nuska B) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000739 | CDLI Literary 000739 (Shara A) composite | 0 | 0 |
Q000741 | CDLI Literary 000741 (Shulpa'e A) composite | 4 | 0 |
Q000743 | CDLI Literary 000743 (Utu B) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000746 | CDLI Literary 000746 (Utu E) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000747 | CDLI Literary 000747 (Utu F) composite | 0 | 0 |
Q000748 | CDLI Literary 000748 (Sadarnuna A) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000749 | CDLI Literary 000749 (Kusu A) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000750 | CDLI Literary 000750 (Temple Hymns) composite | 50 | 9 |
Q000751 | CDLI Literary 000751 (Kesh Temple Hymn) composite | 94 | 46 |
Q000752 | CDLI Literary 000752 (Hymn to Ekur) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000754 | CDLI Literary 000754 (Edubba A) composite | 56 | 43 |
Q000756 | CDLI Literary 000756 (Edubba C) composite | 44 | 1 |
Q000757 | CDLI Literary 000757 (Edubba D) composite | 14 | 1 |
Q000758 | CDLI Literary 000758 (Edubba E) composite | 1 | 0 |
Q000759 | CDLI Literary 000759 (Edubba R) composite | 2 | 0 |
Q000760 | CDLI Literary 000760 (Debate between Hoe and Plough ) composite | 65 | 2 |
Q000761 | CDLI Literary 000761 (Debate between Grain and Sheep) composite | 68 | 5 |
Q000762 | CDLI Literary 000762 (Debate between Winter and Summer) composite | 33 | 3 |