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The Warka Vase, dated to c. 3200–3000 BC.

The Warka Vase is a carved alabaster stone vessel found in the temple complex of the Sumerian goddess Inanna in the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk, located in the modern Al Muthanna Governorate, in southern Iraq. Like the Uruk Trough and the Narmer Palette from Egypt, it is one of the earliest surviving works of narrative relief sculpture, dated to c. 3200–3000 BC.

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The Warka Vase, dated to c. 3200–3000 BC.

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The Warka Vase is a carved alabaster stone vessel found in the temple complex of the Sumerian goddess Inanna in the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk, located in the modern Al Muthanna Governorate, in southern Iraq. Like the Uruk Trough and the Narmer Palette from Egypt, it is one of the earliest surviving works of narrative relief sculpture, dated to c. 3200–3000 BC.

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3044 x 5100 px | 44.4 MB

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25.8 x 43.2 cm | 10.1 x 17.0 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

ALABASTER • ASSYRIAN • BAS-RELIEF • CARVED • EMBOSSED • GODDESS • INANNA • IRAK • IRAQ • NARRATIVE • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • ROCK • ROCKY • SCULPTED • SCULPTURE • STONE • STONES • SUMERIAN • URUK • VASE • VESSEL • WARKA