Uruk
One of the oldest cities of Sumer, sacred to Inanna and Anu, in the southern Iraqi marsh-plain east of the Euphrates. The pin marks the findspot of the excavated tablet.
12 most-discussed ideas
Teachers who lived here
Works composed here
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Lugal-zage-si 2
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Anonymous Uruk 1
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Lugal-KISAL-si 2
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Ur-gigira 2001
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Gudea 035
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Gudea 052
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Gudea 071
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Gudea 088
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Ur-Namma 33
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Ur-Namma 34
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Šulgi 06
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Šulgi 08
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Amar-Suena 13
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Amar-Suena 14
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Šu-Suen 28
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Šu-Suen 29
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The lament for Unug
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Anam 3
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Sin-kašid 02
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Sin-kašid 03
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Sin-kašid 04
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Sin-kašid 05
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Sargon II 125
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Sargon II 126
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Sargon II 127
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Sargon II 128
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SpTU 2, 046
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Esarhaddon 133
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Esarhaddon 134
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Esarhaddon 135
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Esarhaddon 136
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Esarhaddon 137
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Esarhaddon 138
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Esarhaddon 139
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Esarhaddon 1010
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Ashurbanipal 263
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Ashurbanipal 264
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SpTU 1, 131
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SpTU 2, 055
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SpTU 2, 056
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SpTU 2, 057
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SpTU 4, 221
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SpTU 5, 283
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SpTU 5, 284
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SpTU 4, 124
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SpTU 4, 196
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SpTU 1, 009
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SpTU 1, 010
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SpTU 1, 017
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SpTU 1, 019
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SpTU 1, 027
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SpTU 1, 028
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SpTU 1, 029
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SpTU 1, 030
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SpTU 1, 031
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SpTU 1, 032
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SpTU 1, 033
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SpTU 1, 034
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SpTU 1, 035
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SpTU 1, 036
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SpTU 1, 037
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SpTU 1, 038
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SpTU 1, 039
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SpTU 1, 040
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SpTU 1, 042
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SpTU 1, 043
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SpTU 1, 044
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SpTU 1, 045
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SpTU 1, 046
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SpTU 1, 047
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SpTU 1, 049
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SpTU 1, 050
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SpTU 1, 051
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SpTU 1, 052
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SpTU 1, 053
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SpTU 1, 054
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SpTU 1, 055
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SpTU 1, 056
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SpTU 1, 057
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SpTU 1, 058
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Uruk. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- Divination & the Reading of Omens55 passages
- Celestial Science & Mathematical Astronomy44 passages
- Medicine & Diagnosis (the Asû and the Sa-gig)42 passages
- Incantation & Exorcism (the Āšipu's Craft)36 passages
- Temple-Building & Sacred Architecture26 passages
- Averting the Portended Evil (Namburbi)15 passages
- Sacrifice & Feeding the Gods12 passages
- Inana / Ištar, Goddess of Love & War11 passages
- Divine Kingship & the Mandate to Rule9 passages
- Demons & the Sources of Evil6 passages
- The Akītu (New Year Festival)6 passages
- The Epic of Gilgameš (Standard Babylonian)5 passages