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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
Q000415 CDLI Literary 000415 (Shulgi W) composite 1 0
Q000416 CDLI Literary 000416 (Shulgi X) composite 4 2
Q000417 CDLI Literary 000417 (Shulgi Y) composite 2 0
Q000418 CDLI Literary 000418 (Shulgi Z) composite 1 0
Q000419 CDLI Literary 000419 (Song of Shulgi) composite 1 0
Q000420 CDLI Literary 000420 (Praise Poem for Shulgi) composite 1 0
Q000421 CDLI Literary 000421 (Amar-Suen A) composite 3 1
Q000422 CDLI Literary 000422 (Shu-Suen A) composite 1 0
Q000423 CDLI Literary 000423 (Shu-Suen B) composite 2 1
Q000424 CDLI Literary 000424 (Shu-Suen C) composite 2 1
Q000425 CDLI Literary 000425 (Shu-Suen D) composite 1 0
Q000426 CDLI Literary 000426 (Shu-Suen E) composite 1 0
Q000427 CDLI Literary 000427 (Shu-Suen F) composite 1 0
Q000430 CDLI Literary 000430 (Shu-Suen I) composite 0 0
Q000431 CDLI Literary 000431 (Hymn for Shu-Suen) composite 1 0
Q000432 CDLI Literary 000432 (Ibbi-Suen A) composite 2 0
Q000433 CDLI Literary 000433 (Ibbi-Suen B) composite 2 0
Q000434 CDLI Literary 000434 (Ibbi-Suen C) composite 3 0
Q000434 CDLI Literary 000434 (Ibbi-Suen D) composite 3 0
Q000435 CDLI Literary 000435 (Ibbi-Suen E) composite 0 0

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Page 5 of 19, showing 20 record(s) out of 369 total

Cite this Artifact
CDLI contributors. 2025. “Literary Composites.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. April 16, 2025. https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=5.
CDLI contributors. (2025, April 16). Literary Composites. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=5
CDLI contributors (2025) Literary Composites, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Literary?page=5 (Accessed: April 16, 2025).
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