Ur

Also known as Tell al-Muqayyar

antica città della bassa Mesopotamia

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Ur was one of the most important cities in ancient Mesopotamia, located in what is now southern Iraq near the Euphrates River, and it served as a significant city-state beginning around the 26th century BC. The site, now called Tell el-Muqayyar, was originally situated on the coast of the Persian Gulf, though changes in the coastline have left it inland today.

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Key facts

Ancient site.name: Ur
Ancient site.map_type: Iraq#Near East#West Asia
Ancient site.relief: yes
Ancient site.map_dot_label: Ur
Ancient site.location: Tell el-Muqayyar, Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq
Ancient site.region: Mesopotamia, Middle East
Ancient site.type: Settlement
Ancient site.abandoned: After 500 BC
Ancient site.epochs: Ubaid period to Iron Age
Ancient site.cultures: Sumerian
Ancient site.excavations: 1853–1854, 1922–1934, 2015-present
Ancient site.archaeologists: John George Taylor, Charles Leonard Woolley, Elizabeth C Stone, Paul Zimansky, Adelheid Otto
UNESCO World Heritage Site.child: yes
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Official_name: Ur Archaeological City
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Part_of: Ahwar of Southern Iraq
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Type: Mixed
UNESCO World Heritage Site.Criteria: (iii)(v)(ix)(x)
UNESCO World Heritage Site.ID: 1481-006

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Article · Italiano

Ur (lingua sumera: Urim, Scrittura cuneiforme: 𒋀𒀕𒆠 URIM2KI o 𒋀𒀊𒆠 URIM5KI; arabo: أور) fu un'antica città della bassa Mesopotamia, situata vicino all'originale foce del Tigri e dell'Eufrate, sul golfo Persico.A causa dell'accumulo di detriti, oggi le sue rovine si trovano nell'entroterra, nell'odierno Iraq, 15 chilometri a occidente dell'attuale corso dell'Eufrate vicino alla città di Nasiriyah (Governatorato di Dhi Qar), a sud di Baghdad. Oggi è chiamata Tell el-Mukayyar. Da un punto di vista archeologico gli scavi condotti a Ur hanno offerto centinaia di documenti scritti.

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