Uruk
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History
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Devotional scene to Inanna, Warka Vase, c. 3200–3000 BC, Uruk. This is one of the earliest surviving works of narrative relief sculpture
Early Dynastic, Akkadian, Ur III, and Old Babylonian period
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Clay impression of a cylinder seal with monstrous lions and lion-headed eagles, Mesopotamia, Uruk Period (4100 BC–3000 BC). Louvre Museum]]
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Foundation peg of Lugal-kisal-si, king of Uruk, Ur and Kish, circa 2380 BC. The inscription reads "For (goddess) Namma, wife of (the god) An, Lugalkisalsi, King of Uruk, King of Ur, erected this temple of Namma". Pergamon Museum VA 4855
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Dedication tablet of Sîn-gāmil, ruler of Uruk, 18th century BC.
Uruk into Late Antiquity
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Foundation tablet from the Temple of Inanna at Uruk (Eanna), dating to the reign of Ur-Nammu.
Political history
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Mesopotamian king as Master of Animals on the Gebel el-Arak Knife (c. 3300–3200 BC, Abydos, Egypt), a work indicating Egypt-Mesopotamia relations and showing the early influence of Mesopotamia on Egypt and the state of Mesopotamian royal iconography in the Uruk period. Louvre
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Probable Uruk King-Priest with a beard and hat (c. 3300 BC, Uruk). Louvre
Architecture
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Relief on the front of the Inanna temple of Karaindash from Uruk. Mid 15th century BC. Pergamon Museum, Berlin
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The Parthian Temple of Charyios at Uruk, circa 3600 –3200 BC
Archaeology
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Mesopotamia in the 2nd millennium BC. From north to south: Nineveh, Qattara (or Karana), Dūr-Katlimmu, Assur, Arrapha, Terqa, Nuzi, Mari, Eshnunna, Dur-Kurigalzu, Der, Sippar, Babylon, Kish, Susa, Borsippa, Nippur, Isin, Uruk, Larsa and Ur
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Male deity pouring a life-giving water from a vessel. Facade of Inanna Temple at Uruk, Iraq. 15th century BC. The Pergamon Museum.
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Ruins of the Temple of Gareus at Uruk, c. 100 CE]]
- Architecture of Uruk
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Plan of Eanna VI–V
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Plan of Eanna IVb
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Plan of Eanna IVa
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Plan of Eanna III
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Plan of Neo-Sumerian Eanna
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Plan of Anu District Phase E
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Reconstruction of a mosaic from the Eanna temple.
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Detail of Reconstruction of a mosaic from the Eanna temple.
Artifacts
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Lugal-kisalsi, king of Uruk
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Mask of Warka
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Bull sculpture, Jemdet Nasr period, c. 3000 BC
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Stele of the Lion Hunt – Uruk period