Ur
E37109
Ur was one of the most important ancient Sumerian city-states, renowned for its ziggurat and early urban civilization in southern Mesopotamia.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sumerian city
ⓘ
ancient city-state ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Akkadians
ⓘ
surface form:
Akkadian culture
Sumer ⓘ
surface form:
Sumerian culture
|
| capitalOf |
Ur III dynasty
ⓘ
surface form:
Third Dynasty of Ur
|
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| declinedInPeriod |
Old Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Babylonian period
|
| dedicatedToDeity |
Nanna
ⓘ
Sin ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Leonard Woolley ⓘ |
| excavationBeganIn | 1922 ⓘ |
| excavationSponsoredBy |
British Museum
ⓘ
Penn Museum ⓘ
surface form:
University of Pennsylvania Museum
|
| flourishedInPeriod |
Early Bronze Age
ⓘ
Early Dynastic period ⓘ Ur III period ⓘ |
| hasNotableStructure |
Royal Tombs of Ur
ⓘ
Ziggurat of Ur ⓘ city walls ⓘ temple complexes ⓘ |
| hasUNESCOTentativeStatus | yes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
administrative archives
ⓘ
cuneiform tablets ⓘ early urbanization ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ royal cemetery ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Akkadian
ⓘ
Sumerian language ⓘ
surface form:
Sumerian
|
| laterControlledBy |
Akkadian Empire
ⓘ
Assyria ⓘ
surface form:
Assyrian Empire
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian Empire
|
| locatedIn |
Sumer
ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
surface form:
modern-day Iraq
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| locatedInGovernorate | Dhi Qar Governorate ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Euphrates
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphrates River
|
| mentionedInText |
Sumerian King List
ⓘ
cuneiform economic texts ⓘ |
| modernSiteName | Tell el-Muqayyar ⓘ |
| partOf |
Mesopotamia
ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
surface form:
Sumerian civilization
|
| patronDeity |
Nanna
ⓘ
Sin ⓘ |
| religionPracticed | Sumerian religion ⓘ |
| ruledBy |
Amar-Sin
ⓘ
Ibbi-Sin ⓘ Amar-Sin ⓘ
surface form:
Shu-Sin
Ur-Nammu ⓘ
surface form:
Shulgi
Ur-Nammu ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.