Uruk Vase

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Mesopotamian artifact Sumerian artwork alabaster vase archaeological object ritual vessel

The Uruk Vase is an ancient Sumerian alabaster vessel from the city of Uruk, renowned for its early narrative relief carvings that depict religious rituals and social hierarchy in Mesopotamian art.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Warka Vase	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Mesopotamian artifact ⓘ Sumerian artwork ⓘ alabaster vase ⓘ archaeological object ⓘ ritual vessel ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Warka Vase NERFINISHED ⓘ
artStyle	low relief carving ⓘ narrative relief ⓘ
associatedDeity	Inanna NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Eanna cult center NERFINISHED ⓘ development of temple institutions ⓘ early urbanization in Mesopotamia ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Sumerian NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentCity	Baghdad NERFINISHED ⓘ
currentLocation	Iraq Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
date	circa 3200–3000 BCE ⓘ
depicts	agricultural produce ⓘ goddess Inanna or related fertility goddess ⓘ nude male figures carrying offerings ⓘ presentation of offerings to a goddess ⓘ procession of offering bearers ⓘ religious ritual ⓘ social hierarchy ⓘ temple complex ⓘ
discoveredAt	Eanna temple precinct NERFINISHED ⓘ temple of Inanna at Uruk NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoverySite	Uruk archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	cult vessel ⓘ offering vessel ⓘ
hasIconography	fertility symbolism ⓘ hieratic scale of figures ⓘ temple economy ⓘ
hasStructure	horizontal bands of scenes ⓘ registers of imagery ⓘ
height	approximately 1 meter ⓘ
locatedInCollection	national collection of Iraq ⓘ
material	alabaster ⓘ stone ⓘ
period	Uruk period NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Uruk NERFINISHED ⓘ Warka NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfOrigin	southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
significance	important evidence for early Sumerian religion ⓘ important evidence for early social stratification ⓘ key work of early Mesopotamian art ⓘ one of the earliest known narrative reliefs ⓘ

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Near Eastern art → hasNotableWork → Uruk Vase ⓘ

Warka → hasSignificantArtifact → Uruk Vase ⓘ

this entity surface form: Warka Vase