Title
The Warka Vase
Caption
The Warka Vase is a carved alabaster stone vessel found in the temple complex of the Sumerian goddess Inanna in the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk, located in the modern Al Muthanna Governorate, in southern Iraq. Like the Uruk Trough and the Narmer Palette from Egypt, it is one of the earliest surviving works of narrative relief sculpture, dated to c. 3200–3000 BC.
Date
3200 BC
Credit line
Photo12/Ann Ronan Picture Library
Reference
ARP17A29_101
License type
Rights managed
Available size
60,0Mb (1,1Mb) / 11,8in x 19,8in / 3538 x 5927 (300dpi)