Ziggurat of Ur

E237317

ancient Mesopotamian temple archaeological site cultural heritage monument ziggurat

The Ziggurat of Ur is a massive stepped pyramid temple from ancient Mesopotamia, built around the 21st century BCE in present-day Iraq and dedicated to the moon god Nanna.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Ziggurat of Ur canonical	6
Great Ziggurat of Ur	2
ziggurat of Ur	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2101933 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ziggurat of Ur
Context triple: [Ur, hasNotableStructure, Ziggurat of Ur]

A. Anu ziggurat
Anu ziggurat is an ancient Mesopotamian temple platform in the city of Uruk dedicated to the sky god Anu and associated with some of the earliest monumental religious architecture.
B. ziggurat of Enlil
The ziggurat of Enlil was a major Mesopotamian temple-tower dedicated to the chief god Enlil, serving as the religious and ceremonial center of the ancient city of Nippur.
C. Etemenanki ziggurat
The Etemenanki ziggurat was a massive stepped temple tower in ancient Babylon, traditionally associated with the biblical Tower of Babel and dedicated to the god Marduk.
D. ziggurat of Ashur
The ziggurat of Ashur was a monumental stepped temple-tower in the ancient Assyrian city of Ashur, serving as a major religious center dedicated to the chief god Ashur.
E. Esagila temple complex
The Esagila temple complex was the grand religious center of ancient Babylon dedicated primarily to the god Marduk, serving as a key ceremonial and administrative hub of the city.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Ziggurat of Ur
Target entity description: The Ziggurat of Ur is a massive stepped pyramid temple from ancient Mesopotamia, built around the 21st century BCE in present-day Iraq and dedicated to the moon god Nanna.

A. Anu ziggurat
Anu ziggurat is an ancient Mesopotamian temple platform in the city of Uruk dedicated to the sky god Anu and associated with some of the earliest monumental religious architecture.
B. ziggurat of Enlil
The ziggurat of Enlil was a major Mesopotamian temple-tower dedicated to the chief god Enlil, serving as the religious and ceremonial center of the ancient city of Nippur.
C. Etemenanki ziggurat
The Etemenanki ziggurat was a massive stepped temple tower in ancient Babylon, traditionally associated with the biblical Tower of Babel and dedicated to the god Marduk.
D. ziggurat of Ashur
The ziggurat of Ashur was a monumental stepped temple-tower in the ancient Assyrian city of Ashur, serving as a major religious center dedicated to the chief god Ashur.
E. Esagila temple complex
The Esagila temple complex was the grand religious center of ancient Babylon dedicated primarily to the god Marduk, serving as a key ceremonial and administrative hub of the city.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Mesopotamian temple ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ cultural heritage monument ⓘ ziggurat ⓘ
architecturalStyle	stepped pyramid ⓘ
builder	Shulgi of Ur ⓘ surface form: Shulgi Ur-Nammu ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf	Shulgi of Ur ⓘ surface form: Shulgi Ur-Nammu ⓘ
builtInCenturyBCE	21st century BCE ⓘ
constructionStart	circa 2100 BCE ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
culture	Sumerian civilization ⓘ
dedicatedDeityType	moon god ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Nanna ⓘ Sin ⓘ
dynasty	Third Dynasty of Ur period ⓘ surface form: Third Dynasty of Ur
era	Bronze Age ⓘ
excavatedBy	Leonard Woolley ⓘ
excavationStart	1920s ⓘ
function	religious center ⓘ temple platform ⓘ
hasFeature	bitumen mortar ⓘ central monumental staircase ⓘ multiple terraces ⓘ three main staircases ⓘ
height	approximately 21 meters (original) ⓘ
laterRestorationBy	Nabonidus ⓘ
locatedIn	Dhi Qar Governorate ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Mesopotamia ⓘ Ur ⓘ
material	baked brick ⓘ mud brick ⓘ
near	Nasiriyah ⓘ surface form: modern city of Nasiriyah
partOf	temple complex of Nanna ⓘ
partOfUNESCOSite	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site “The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities” (marsh and city components) ⓘ surface form: The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities
period	Ur III period ⓘ
rediscoveredBy	John George Taylor ⓘ
region	southern Iraq ⓘ
religion	Sumerian religion ⓘ
restorationPeriod	1980s ⓘ
restoredBy	Saddam Hussein ⓘ
shape	rectangular base ⓘ
significance	one of the best-preserved ziggurats of Mesopotamia ⓘ
UNESCOSiteInscriptionYear	2016 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSite	yes ⓘ
usedUntil	Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ surface form: Neo-Babylonian period

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ur → hasNotableStructure → Ziggurat of Ur ⓘ

Ur of the Chaldeans → hasArchaeologicalFeature → Ziggurat of Ur ⓘ

this entity surface form: Great Ziggurat of Ur

Nasiriyah → nearbySite → Ziggurat of Ur ⓘ

Sumerian religion → worshipPlace → Ziggurat of Ur ⓘ

this entity surface form: ziggurat of Ur

Ur-Nammu → constructed → Ziggurat of Ur ⓘ

Dhi Qar Governorate → hasArchaeologicalSite → Ziggurat of Ur ⓘ

Tell el-Muqayyar → contains → Ziggurat of Ur ⓘ

World Heritage Site (Ur) → hasStructure → Ziggurat of Ur ⓘ

subject surface form: Ur

World Heritage Site (Ur) → hasMonument → Ziggurat of Ur ⓘ