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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
Q000376 RIME 2.13.06.04 composite 3 2
Q000377a RIME 3/1.01.07, Cyl A composite 1 0
Q000377b RIME 3/1.01.07, Cyl B composite 1 0
Q000469 RIME 4.01.04.08 composite 0 0
Q000613 RIME 4.01.05.add10 (Laws of Lipit-Ishtar) composite 13 12
Q000835 RIME 2.01.01.16 composite 1 0
Q000836 RIME 2.01.02.07 composite 2 1
Q000837 RIME 2.01.02.11 composite 43 42
Q000838 RIME 2.01.02.13 composite 4 2
Q000839 RIME 2.01.02.14 composite 2 1
Q000840 RIME 2.01.02.15 composite 2 1
Q000841 RIME 2.01.02.17 composite 4 3
Q000843 RIME 2.01.02.20 composite 66 65
Q000844 RIME 2.01.03.01 composite 5 3
Q000845 RIME 2.01.04.04 composite 4 3
Q000846 RIME 2.01.04.05 composite 2 1
Q000847 RIME 2.01.04.06 composite 1 0
Q000848 RIME 2.01.04.08 composite 2 1
Q000849 RIME 2.01.04.09 composite 3 1
Q000850 RIME 2.01.04.15 composite 28 14

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Page 1 of 180, showing 20 record(s) out of 3,599 total

Cite this Artifact
CDLI contributors. 2025. “Royal Composites.” Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. April 20, 2025. https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Royal?sort=composite_no&direction=asc.
CDLI contributors. (2025, April 20). Royal Composites. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Royal?sort=composite_no&direction=asc
CDLI contributors (2025) Royal Composites, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Available at: https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Royal?sort=composite_no&direction=asc (Accessed: April 20, 2025).
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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-04-20]},
	author = {{CDLI contributors}},
	year = {2025},
	month = {apr 20},
	title = {Royal {Composites}},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Royal?sort=composite_no&direction=asc},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/artifacts/composites/Royal?sort=composite\textunderscore{}no&direction=asc},
}


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