Warka Vase
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The Warka Vase or Uruk vase is a slim carved alabaster vessel found in a temple complex in the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk, located in the modern Al Muthanna Governorate, in southern Iraq. Like
The original Warka Vase, dated to c. 3500–2900 BC. National Museum of Iraq, March 2019.
The votive Warka Vase within its display case at the Sumerian Gallery of the Iraq Museum. It is about 1 meter tall.
The vase shows presentation scenes to a goddess
Top register, Warka Vase, Iraq Museum
Narmer Palette
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The Narmer Palette, also known as the Great Hierakonpolis Palette or the Palette of Narmer, is a significant Egyptian archaeological find, dating from about the 31st century BC, belonging, at least no
Warka Vase
…the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk, located in the modern Al Muthanna Governorate, in southern Iraq. Like the Uruk Trough, Mask of Warka, and the Narmer Palette from Egypt, it is one of the earliest surviving works of narrative relief sculpture, found, no in situ, in a layer dated to c. 3100–2900 BC. Simple…
Both sides of the Narmer Palette
Early hieroglyphic symbols on the Narmer Palette
Narmer Palette (recto)
Narmer Palette (verso)