The Warka Vase

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 08 April 2019
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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. It is about 1 meter tall. From Warka (ancient Uruk), Iraq. Jemdet Nasr Period, 3000-2900 BCE.

Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, April 08). The Warka Vase. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10393/the-warka-vase/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "The Warka Vase." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified April 08, 2019. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10393/the-warka-vase/.

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