Uruk

Uruk [oo-roo k] Examples noun

an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq, near the Euphrates, important before 2000 b.c.: exclusive archaeological excavations, notably of a ziggurat and of tablets with very early Sumerian script.

Biblical name Erech. Examples from the Web for uruk Historical Examples of uruk

The third and fourth tablets take us back to the history of Uruk.

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Lugal-zaggisi, as the king of Uruk, assigns to the goddess a first place.

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Sin-gamil, of Uruk, builds sanctuaries to Nergal at Cuthah, 66.

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Sin-gashid, of Uruk, servitor of Lugal-banda and Nin-gul, 95-6.

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The story of Khasisatra, in the poem of Uruk, invariably proceeds hebdomadally.

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