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The Warka Vase or Uruk vase is a slim carved alabaster vessel found in the temple complex of the Sumerian goddess Inanna in the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk, located in the modern Al Muthanna Governorate, in southern Iraq.
- c.3200–3000 BC
One of the most precious artifacts from Sumer, the Warka Vase was looted and almost lost forever. Warka (Uruk) Vase, Uruk, Late Uruk period, c. 3500–3000 B.C.E., 105 cm high (National Museum of Iraq; photo: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP (Glasg), CC BY-SA 4.0) Picturing the ruler. So many important innovations and inventions emerged in the.
Dec 6, 2023 · The Warka Vase, c. 3000 B.C.E., was discovered at Uruk (Warka is the m odern name, Uruk the ancient name), and is probably the most famous example of this innovation. In its decoration we find an example of the cosmology of ancient Mesopotamia. Map the ancient Near East (underlying map © Google)
Apr 8, 2019 · The Vase of Warka (also called Uruk Vase) is one of the earliest surviving examples of narrative art. It was excavated (in fragments) by a German excavation team in a temple complex dedicated to the goddess Inanna at the city of Uruk (in southern Iraq) in 1933-1934 CE. It is about 1 meter tall.
- Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Aug 21, 2022 · The Warka Vase, one of the most important objects in the Iraq National Museum in Baghdad, was stolen in April 2003 with thousands of other priceless ancient artifacts when the museum was looted in the immediate aftermath of the American invasion of Iraq in 2003.
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May 10, 2019 · by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin. published on 10 May 2019. Download Full Size Image. The votive or sacred Warka Vase is decorated with three horizontal registers and shows signs of repair in antiquity. The bottom register of the Warka Vase is composed of two horizontal parts.
May 10, 2019 · Download Full Size Image. The votive or sacred Warka Vase is decorated with three horizontal registers and shows signs of repair in antiquity. The top register depicts a complete scene. Here, a naked man offers a bowl of fruits and grains to a Mesopotamian female deity, Inanna ( Ishtar in Akkadian ); there are two bundles of reed behind here ...
