Uruk Vase
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Uruk Vase canonical | 1 |
| Warka Vase | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8041695 — 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: Uruk Vase Context triple: [Near Eastern art, hasNotableWork, Uruk Vase]
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A.
Standard of Ur
The Standard of Ur is an ancient Sumerian artifact from around 2600–2400 BCE, a richly inlaid wooden box depicting scenes of war and peace that offers key insights into early Mesopotamian society.
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B.
Esagila tablet
The Esagila tablet is an ancient Babylonian cuneiform text that provides a detailed description and measurements of the Esagila temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk.
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C.
Narmer Palette
The Narmer Palette is an ancient Egyptian ceremonial stone palette dating to around 3100 BCE that depicts the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under King Narmer and is considered one of the earliest historical documents in the world.
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D.
Ashura statue
The Ashura statue is a renowned 8th-century Japanese Buddhist sculpture at Kōfuku-ji, celebrated for its delicate, expressive depiction of the multi-faced, multi-armed deity Ashura.
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E.
Simuwu Ding
Simuwu Ding is an ancient Chinese bronze ritual vessel from the Shang dynasty, renowned as one of the largest and most important bronze artifacts ever discovered in China.
- 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: Uruk Vase Target entity description: 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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A.
Standard of Ur
The Standard of Ur is an ancient Sumerian artifact from around 2600–2400 BCE, a richly inlaid wooden box depicting scenes of war and peace that offers key insights into early Mesopotamian society.
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B.
Esagila tablet
The Esagila tablet is an ancient Babylonian cuneiform text that provides a detailed description and measurements of the Esagila temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk.
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C.
Narmer Palette
The Narmer Palette is an ancient Egyptian ceremonial stone palette dating to around 3100 BCE that depicts the unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under King Narmer and is considered one of the earliest historical documents in the world.
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D.
Ashura statue
The Ashura statue is a renowned 8th-century Japanese Buddhist sculpture at Kōfuku-ji, celebrated for its delicate, expressive depiction of the multi-faced, multi-armed deity Ashura.
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E.
Simuwu Ding
Simuwu Ding is an ancient Chinese bronze ritual vessel from the Shang dynasty, renowned as one of the largest and most important bronze artifacts ever discovered in China.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesopotamian artifact
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Sumerian artwork ⓘ alabaster vase ⓘ archaeological object ⓘ ritual vessel ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Warka Vase NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| artStyle |
low relief carving
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narrative relief ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Inanna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Eanna cult center
NERFINISHED
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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
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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
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temple of Inanna at Uruk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoverySite | Uruk archaeological site NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
cult vessel
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offering vessel ⓘ |
| hasIconography |
fertility symbolism
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hieratic scale of figures ⓘ temple economy ⓘ |
| hasStructure |
horizontal bands of scenes
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registers of imagery ⓘ |
| height | approximately 1 meter ⓘ |
| locatedInCollection | national collection of Iraq ⓘ |
| material |
alabaster
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stone ⓘ |
| period | Uruk period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin |
Uruk
NERFINISHED
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Warka NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| significance |
important evidence for early Sumerian religion
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important evidence for early social stratification ⓘ key work of early Mesopotamian art ⓘ one of the earliest known narrative reliefs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Uruk Vase Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Warka Vase