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
Q000789 CDLI Literary 000789 (Poem of Early Rulers) composite 1 0
Q000790 CDLI Literary 000790 (Enlil and Namzitara) composite 11 0
Q000791 CDLI Literary 000791 (Dog for Nintinuga) composite 2 0
Q000792 CDLI Literary 000792 (Axe of Nergal) composite 6 3
Q000793 CDLI Literary 000793 (Home of Fish) composite 8 3
Q000794 CDLI Literary 000794 (Heron and Turtle) composite 7 0
Q002295 CDLI Literary 002295 (Adapa) composite 3 0
Q002338 CDLI Literary 002338 (Public Announcement Loss of Seal) composite 3 1
Q002397 CDLI Literary 002397 (Examenstext A) composite 17 0
Q002398 CDLI Literary 002398 (Examenstext B) composite 1 0
Q002701 CDLI Literary 002701 (ludlul bēl nēmeqi) composite 0 0
Q002718 CDLI Literary 002718 (enuma elish) composite 0 0
Q002727 CDLI Literary 002727 (Poor Man of Nippur) composite 4 3
Q002873 CDLI Literary 002873 (SB Gilgamesh epic) composite 0 0
Q002873.01 CDLI Literary 002873.01 (Gilgamesh epic 01) composite 10 0
Q002873.02 CDLI Literary 002873.02 (Gilgamesh epic 02) composite 9 0
Q002873.03 CDLI Literary 002873.03 (Gilgamesh epic 03) composite 7 0
Q002873.04 CDLI Literary 002873.04 (Gilgamesh epic 04) composite 9 0
Q002873.05 CDLI Literary 002873.05 (Gilgamesh epic 05) composite 3 0
Q002873.06 CDLI Literary 002873.06 (Gilgamesh epic 06) composite 5 0

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Page 18 of 19, showing 20 record(s) out of 369 total

Cite this Artifact
CDLI contributors. 2025. “Literary Composites.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. April 28, 2025. https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=18.
CDLI contributors. (2025, April 28). Literary Composites. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=18
CDLI contributors (2025) Literary Composites, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=18 (Accessed: April 28, 2025).
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