Ur

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Ur 

ancient Mesopotamian city-state
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Instance of	ancient city archaeological site
Part of	Ahwar of Southern Iraq
Culture	Sumerians Old Babylonian Period Kassite dynasty
Location	Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq
Present in work	Civilization V (City-state)
Has part(s)	Royal Cemetery at Ur Ziggurat of Ur
Heritage designation	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site (Ur Archaeological City, Ahwar of Southern Iraq, 2016–)
Inception	3800 (in Julian calendar) BC
Dissolved, abolished or demolished date	500 BC
Area	71 ha (World Heritage Site) 317 ha (UNESCO World Heritage Site buffer zone)
Different from	UR
Said to be the same as	Ur Kaśdim
30° 57′ 44″ N, 46° 06′ 16″ E
Authority file  Q5699 GND ID: 4062072-4 Library of Congress authority ID: sh85141253 NL CR AUT ID: ge767233 J9U entity ID: 987007529654405171 World Heritage Site ID: 1481-006 OpenStreetMap way ID: 235546020 Reasonator Scholia Wikidocumentaries KML file WikiShootMe OpenStreetMap Search depicted

This place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as “Ahwar of Southern Iraq”.

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  Wall plaque from Ur, c. 2500 BC; the British Museum

Society and culture

Lizard-headed nude woman nursing a child, from Ur, Ubaid period, c. 4500–4000 BC; Iraq Museum

Enthroned King Ur-Nammu (c. 2047–2030 BC)

Standard of Ur mosaic (c. 2600 BC)

The Standard of Ur mosaic, from the royal tombs of Ur, is made of red limestone, bitumen, lapis lazuli, and shell. The "peace" side shows comfort, music, and prosperity. The "war" side shows the king, his armies, and chariots trampling on enemies.

Early Bronze Age

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  Ziggurat of Ur
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  Empire of the Third Dynasty of Ur. West is at top, north at right.
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  Gold helmet of King of Ur I Meskalamdug, c. 2600–2500 BC
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  Mesopotamian female deity seated on a chair, Old-Babylonian fired clay plaque from Ur
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  Sumer and Elam circa 2350 BC. Ur was located close to the coastline near the mouth of the Euphrates.
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  Plaque with woman's face, BM 122113

Identification with the Biblical Ur

(Ur of the Chaldees)

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  "Abraham's House"

Archaeology

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  Carved stone with integral handle
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  Foundation cone of A'annepada for Inanna, British Museum, BM 90951
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  Aerial photograph of Ur in 1927

Bitumen "mortar" among Ur's mudbricks

Circular groups of bricks excavated in 1900

The Royal Tomb Excavation

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  Rawlinson's March 1854 letter to The Athenaeum announcing his reading of the Nabonidus cylinders which connected Muqeyer or "Um Qeer" with the name Ur.
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  Reconstructed Sumerian headgear and necklaces found in the tomb of Puabi in the "Royal tombs"

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