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
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

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Page 16 of 19, showing 20 record(s) out of 369 total

Cite this Artifact
CDLI contributors. 2025. “Literary Composites.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. June 19, 2025. https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=16.
CDLI contributors. (2025, June 19). Literary Composites. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=16
CDLI contributors (2025) Literary Composites, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=16 (Accessed: June 19, 2025).
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