Ur

Ur ( or ) was a major Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar () in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq. Although Ur was a coastal city near the mouth of the Euphrates on the Persian Gulf, the coastline has shifted and the site is now well inland, on the south bank of the Euphrates, southwest of the city of Nasiriyah. The city dates from the Ubaid period , and is recorded in written history as a city-state from the 26th century BC, its first recorded king being Mesannepada.

Enheduanna ( , also transliterated as , , or variants; ) was the (high) priestess of the moon god Nanna (Sīn) in the Sumerian city-state of Ur in the reign of her father, Sargon of Akkad ( BCE). She was likely appointed by her father as the leader of the religious group at Ur to cement ties between the Akkadian religion of her father and the native Sumerian religion. Enheduanna has been celebrated as the earliest known named author in world history.

Mesopotamian lunar god

royal dynasty in Mesopotamia

early Bronze Age ziggurat in present-day Iraq

ancient Mesopotamian board game

Ningal (written 𒀭𒊩𒌆𒃲, dNIN.GAL; in Sumerian: "Great Queen"; in Akkadian: Nikkal) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as the wife of the moon god, Nanna/Sin. She was particularly closely associated with his main cult centers, Ur and Harran, but they were also worshiped together in other cities of Mesopotamia. She was particularly venerated by the Third Dynasty of Ur and later by kings of Larsa.

ancient musical instruments found in Iraq

clay cylinders with cuneiform inscriptions of king Nabonidus

archaeological place in the current province of Dhi Qar, in southern Iraq

Arabish lament

sculptures excavated in Ur, in southern Iraq

general type of domestic sheep

title from ancient Mesopotamia

museum in Ur, thought to be the first by some historians

oldest surviving literary text in the world

city in southern Iraq mentioned as the birthplace of Abraham in the Hebrew Bible

Royal title in Ancient Mesopotamia

Russian art historian (1862–1936)

Apostolic journey to Iraq

2021 video game

one of the oldest stringed instruments ever discovered