The Warka Vase, also known as the Uruk Vase, is a slender carved alabaster vessel found in a temple complex at the ancient city of Uruk in what is now southern Iraq. Dated to roughly 3100 to 2900 BC, it is carved in registers of relief sculpture depicting offerings brought to a goddess, and it ranks among the earliest surviving works of narrative relief sculpture known from Mesopotamia. The vase survives from a period at the dawn of writing and organized urban civilization in the region.
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Sumerian carved alabaster ritual vessel.
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The Warka Vase or Uruk vase is a slim carved alabaster vessel found in a temple complex in the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk, located in the modern Al Muthanna Governorate, in southern Iraq.
Wikipedia, Warka Vase, Theft and restoration section
The fully restored Warka Vase (museum number IM19606) is now on display in the Iraq Museum.
Wikipedia, Warka Vase, Discovery section
It was on excavation level III which dated to the Jemdat Nasr period (also called the Uruk III period) ie (c. 3100-2900 BC) in the "Eanna district".
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The Warka Vase or Uruk vase is a slim carved alabaster vessel found in a temple complex in the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk, located in the modern Al Muthanna Governorate, in southern Iraq.
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