Ur of the Chaldeans

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Mesopotamian city ancient city archaeological site

Ur of the Chaldeans is an ancient Mesopotamian city traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the biblical patriarch Abraham.

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All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Ur of the Chaldeans canonical 9
Ur of the Chaldees 4
Ur (Sumerian city) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian city ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Babylonians ⓘ
surface form: Babylonian civilization

Sumer ⓘ
surface form: Sumerian civilization
associatedWithPeople Chaldeans ⓘ
associatedWithTextualTradition Biblical tradition ⓘ
Mesopotamian cuneiform texts ⓘ
biblicalDesignationOf Ur ⓘ
excavatedBy Leonard Woolley ⓘ
excavationEndYear 1934 ⓘ
excavationStartYear 1922 ⓘ
flourishedDuring Ur III period ⓘ
governedBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
Ur III dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Third Dynasty of Ur
hasAlternativeName Ur Kasdim ⓘ
Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
surface form: Ur of the Chaldeans (biblical city)

Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
surface form: Ur of the Chaldees
hasArchaeologicalFeature Ziggurat of Ur ⓘ
surface form: Great Ziggurat of Ur
hasArchaeologicalFind Royal Tombs of Ur ⓘ
Royal graves artifacts ⓘ
Standard of Ur ⓘ
hasFeature city walls ⓘ
temple complexes ⓘ
hasUNESCOTentativeStatus World Heritage Site (Ur) ⓘ
identifiedWith Ur of the Chaldeans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ur (Sumerian city)

Tell el-Muqayyar ⓘ
surface form: Ur (Tell el-Muqayyar)
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
locatedIn Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: Southern Mesopotamia

Sumer ⓘ
locatedInModernGovernorate Dhi Qar Governorate ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
locatedNear Euphrates ⓘ
surface form: Euphrates River
locatedNearModernCity Nasiriyah ⓘ
majorDeityWorshipped Nanna ⓘ
Sin ⓘ
mentionedIn Book of Genesis ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
partOf Ancient Near East ⓘ
surface form: ancient Near East
religionPracticed Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
religiousRole center of lunar cult ⓘ
timePeriod 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
traditionalBirthplaceOf Abraham ⓘ
wasCapitalOf Ur III dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Third Dynasty of Ur

Referenced by (16)

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

Abraham → associatedWithPlace → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
Sarah → livedIn → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
Ur of the Chaldeans → identifiedWith → Ur of the Chaldeans self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ur (Sumerian city)
Ur of the Chaldeans → hasAlternativeName → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ur of the Chaldees
Ur of the Chaldeans → hasAlternativeName → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ur of the Chaldeans (biblical city)
Call of Abraham → locationLeft → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
Sarai → associatedWithPlace → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
Lot → originCity → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: UrOfTheChaldeans
Leonard Woolley → notableWork → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ur of the Chaldees
Ur Kasdim → nameMeaning → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
Ur Kasdim → alsoKnownAs → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ur of the Chaldees
Ur Kasdim → alsoKnownAs → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
Terah → livedIn → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
Nahor → livedIn → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
The Bible: In the Beginning... → narrativeLocation → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ur of the Chaldees
Kasdim → associatedWith → Ur of the Chaldeans ⓘ