Ur
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Founded | 3800 BC |
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Locations | Dhi Qar Governorate |
Iraq | |
Part of | Ahwar of Southern Iraq |
Regions | Mesopotamia, Middle East |
Periods | Ubaid period |
Iron Age | |
Abandoned | after 500 BC |
Age | About 5,823 years |
Coordin | 30°57′42″N 46°06′18″E / 30.9616529°N 46.1051259°E |
Cultur | Sumerian |
Abandon | After 500 BC |
Archaeologist | John George Taylor |
Charles Leonard Woolley | |
Elizabeth C Stone | |
Adelheid Otto | |
Excav date | 1853–1854, 1922–1934, 2015-present |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1038580 |
About Ur
Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq.