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Royal Cemetery at Ur
General view of the Royal Cemetery at Ur, during excavations.
Ur is located in Near East
Ur
Ur
Shown within Near East
Ur is located in West and Central Asia
Ur
Ur
Ur (West and Central Asia)
Ur is located in Iraq
Ur
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Ur (Iraq)
LocationTell el-Muqayyar, Dhi Qar Province, Iraq
RegionMesopotamia
Coordinates30°57′41″N 46°06′22″E / 30.9615°N 46.1061°E / 30.9615; 46.1061
TypeSettlement
History
Foundedc. 3800 BC
AbandonedAfter 500 BC
PeriodsUbaid period to Iron Age
CulturesSumerian
Site notes
Excavation dates1853–1854, 1922–1934
ArchaeologistsJohn George Taylor, Leonard Woolley

The Royal Cemetery at Ur is an archaeological site in modern-day Dhi Qar Governorate in southern Iraq. The initial excavations at Ur took place between 1922 and 1934 under the direction of Leonard Woolley in association with the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Many finds are now in museums, especially the Iraq Museum, Baghdad and the British Museum.

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Lyres of Ur

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The Lyres of Ur or Harps of Ur is a group of four string instruments excavated in a fragmentary condition at the Royal Cemetery at Ur in modern Iraq from...

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Ur

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Royal Cemetery at Ur. The Sumerian King List provides a tentative political history of ancient Sumer and mentions, among others, several rulers of Ur...

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Meskalamdug

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the Sumerian King List, but is known from a royal cylinder seal found in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, a royal bead inscription found in Mari, both mentioning...

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Puabi

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although several cylinder seals in her tomb, labeled grave PG 800 at the Royal Cemetery at Ur, identify her by the title "nin" or "eresh", a Sumerian word...

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First Dynasty of Ur

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probable Queen Puabi is also known from her lavish tomb at the Royal Cemetery at Ur. The First Dynasty of Ur had extensive influence over the area of Sumer, and...

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Sumer

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limestone; height: 45.7 cm; from the Royal Cemetery at Ur (Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq); British Museum (London) Standard of Ur; 2600–2400 BC; shell, red limestone...

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Mesannepada

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defeated and the kingship was taken to Urim (Ur)". In one of his seals, found in the Royal Cemetery at Ur, he is also described as king of Kish. Mesannepada...

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Bull Headed Lyre of Ur

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string instruments ever discovered. The lyre was excavated in the Royal Cemetery at Ur during the 1926–1927 season of an archeological dig carried out in...

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Art of Mesopotamia

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limestone; height: 45.7 cm; from the Royal Cemetery at Ur; British Museum Bull's head from the Queen's Lyre from Pu-abi's grave, Ur, c. 2600 BC Master of animals...

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Etched carnelian beads

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2600-2340 from Kish in Sumer. Harappan carnelian beads, excavated in the Royal Cemetery at Ur. British Museum King Shulgi carnelian bead (c. 2094–2047 BCE) Some...

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and long beards on the men. Many masterpieces have been found at the Royal Cemetery at Ur (c. 2650 BC), including the two figures of a Ram in a Thicket...

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Imports to Ur

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Imports to Ur reflect the cultural and trade connections of the Sumerian city of Ur. During the period of the Early Dynastic III royal cemetery (ca. 2600...

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Jewellery

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Sumerian necklaces and headgear discovered in the royal (and individual) graves of the Royal Cemetery at Ur, showing the way they may have been worn, in British...

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Music of Iraq

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of Ur or Harps of Ur, which are considered to be the world's second oldest surviving stringed instruments when excavating the Royal Cemetery of Ur between...

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Ostrich egg

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in North Africa as early as the fourth millennium BC and in the Royal Cemetery at Ur from the third millennium. From the first millennium in the ancient...

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Murder in Mesopotamia

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novel is set at an archaeological excavation in Iraq, and descriptive details derive from the author's visit to the Royal Cemetery at Ur where she met...

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Lapis lazuli

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necklace; 2600–2500 BC; gold and lapis lazuli; length: 22.5 cm; from the Royal Cemetery at Ur (Iraq); Metropolitan Museum of Art Ancient Egyptian scarab finger...

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Meluhha

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found at Ur and other Mesopotamian sites. The Persian-Gulf style of circular stamped rather than rolled seals, also known from Dilmun, that appear at Lothal...

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26th century BC

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Dominion of the First Dynasty of Ur. The Royal Cemetery at Ur is constructed. c. 2600 BC: Reign of Akalamdug, king of Ur. c. 2600–2500 BC: The Instructions...

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Earring

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carnelian were found in the ancient sites in Lothal, India, and Sumerian Royal Cemetery at Ur from the Early Dynastic period. Gold, silver and bronze hoop earrings...

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Colored gold

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by both the Akkadians and Ancient Egyptians (as evidenced by the Royal Cemetery at Ur). Even the tops of some Egyptian pyramids were known to be capped...

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Akalamdug

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List, but is known from his tomb (Tomb 1332) and an inscription at the Royal Cemetery at Ur. He may have been the father of Meskalamdug, as suggested by...

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