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Location

Iraq, Ath Thuwayn
geo:31.324938,45.637215
Location: correct and verified

Period or year

-3000~ / unknown

Classification

city
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Identifiers

URUK

data access 11458

1850-1854 - the first excavation of William Kennett Loftus (1820-1858).

1912- excavation of Robert Johann Koldewey (1855-1925).

See:

Uruk, in: P. Bienkowski., Millard A. (eds.), Dictionary of the Ancient Near East, British Museum Press, London 2000, pp. 312-313.

Nearby sites

Hadji Muhammed
Ubaid period settlement in Mesoppotamia. Hajj Mohammed.
Uruk- Innana (Ishtar) ziggurat, E-giparimin
Sumerian : Unug; Bibl.: Erech - ancient city of Sumer and later Babylonia. Warka.
Warka Vase
Sumerian stone vessel found in Uruk - Warka
White Temple, Uruk [Warka]
Temple at the top of the ziggurat

uruk

Use and reuse

Creators: Entry created by René Voorburg (2012-12-22) , last updated by Jona Lendering (2020-08-10), with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
Persistent URI: https://vici.org/vici/11458
Data downloads: KML
Suggested citation: Voorburg, R. and Lendering, J., URUK. https://vici.org/vici/11458, accessed 2026-09-24.