Uruk
The term is used to describe the culture of southern Mesopotamia represented by objects excavated at the site of Uruk that date to approximately 4000 BC-3000 BC.
Description:
The Uruk Period existed from the Chalcolithic to the Early Bronze Age, following the Ubaid, and succeeded by the Jemdat Nasr period. This period takes its name from the city of Uruk, and saw the emergence of urban life in city-states. The later Uruk Period saw the emergence of the cuneiform script, copper working, and the use of cylinder seals.
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Medium Chronology: 4000-3150 BCE
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Objects: Uruk Export: JSON - XML - CSV
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12018 | (none) | 1929,1017.555 | (none) | Copper Adze (?) [drawing] Type | |
| 17072A | (none) | 1931,1010.298 | (none) | [A-B] 2 copper hoes (?). Hammered. Socket hammered to form an overlap. [drawing] | |
| (none) | 31-16-324 | (none) | (none) | unknown | |
| (none) | (none) | 1933,1013.251 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.298 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.300 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.299 | (none) | (none) |
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Related Terms
Ubaid - Jemdat Nasr - Early Dynastic / Sumerian - Akkadian Dynasty - Guti/Post Akkadian - Ur III - Old Babylonian - Middle Assyrian - Kassite - Neo-Assyrian - Neo-Babylonian - Achaemenid Empire (Persian) - Seleucid - Parthian