Ur(i)

settlement · 6200 BC – 2100 AD

A major Sumerian city-state founded during the Ubaid period, ca. 3800 B.C. In archaeological terms, Ur is particularly well known for the lavish tombs of its Royal Cemetery, its massive Ziggurat. The site served as the capital of the Ur III dynasty.

Coordinates

30.96132, 46.10542

Also known as

Tall Muqayir (None), Tall al-Muqayyar, Tell el-Muqayyar, Tall Muqayir, Tell Muqayir, Tell Mugheir, Tell Moghair, Tell Mughair, Tell el-Muqejjir (arb), Ur (af), Ur, Uri, Uri(m), Ura, Uram, ÚRI.KI, URI5.KI, Urum, Uru, Urim, Uri, URI2.KI, ÚRIM.KI, URIM2.KI, URIM5.KI (akk), Ūr, Ur (arb), Ур (ba), أُوْر (ar), تل مقير (arb), উর (bn), ኡር (am), 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (akk)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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