Ziggurat of Ur

The Ziggurat of Ur is a Neo-Sumerian ziggurat in what was the city of near , in present-day , . The structure was built during the Early Bronze Age by King Ur-Nammu of the Third Dynasty of Ur.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: early Bronze Age ziggurat in present-day Iraq
  • Also known as: “Great Ziggurat of Ur” and “Temple of Ur”
  • Roof shape: flat

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The ancient city of Ur and Ennigaldi-Nanna’s museum.

Protected area
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Ur was a major Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar in , . Although Ur was a coastal city near the mouth of the on the , the coastline has shifted and the site is now well inland, on the south bank of the , 16 km southwest of the city of . is situated 240 metres southeast of Ziggurat of Ur.

Ruins
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Ennigaldi-Nanna's museum is the earliest known public . It dates to circa 530 BCE. The curator was Ennigaldi, the daughter of Nabonidus, the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. is situated 210 metres southeast of Ziggurat of Ur.

Ruins
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The is an archaeological site in modern-day in southern . The initial excavations at took place between 1922 and 1934 under the direction of Leonard Woolley in association with the and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. is situated 330 metres southeast of Ziggurat of Ur.

Ziggurat of Ur

Latitude
30.96279° or 30° 57′ 46″ north
Longitude
46.10313° or 46° 6′ 11″ east
Height
14 metres (46 feet)
Open location code
8H28X473+47
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1060285722
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­flat
Wiki­data ID
Q202927
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Ziggurat of Ur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “زقورة أور”
  • Armenian: “Ուրի զիկկուրատ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ur zikkuratı”
  • Basque: “Urko zigurata”
  • Basque: “Urreko zigurata”
  • Belarusian: “Зікурат ва Уры”
  • Catalan: “Ziggurat d’Ur”
  • Chinese: “乌尔大神塔”
  • Chinese: “烏爾大塔廟”
  • Chinese: “烏爾大神塔”
  • Chinese: “烏爾金字形神塔”
  • Chinese: “鳥以大神塔”
  • Czech: “Urský zikkurat”
  • Dutch: “Tempel van Ur”
  • Dutch: “ziggoerat van Ur”
  • Dutch: “Ziggoerat van Ur”
  • Esperanto: “Zigurato de Ur”
  • Finnish: “Urin zikkurat”
  • French: “ziggourat d’Ur”
  • French: “Ziggourat d’Ur”
  • French: “Ziggurat d’Ur”
  • Georgian: “ურის ზიქურათი”
  • German: “Etemennigur”
  • German: “Zikkurat des Mondgottes Nanna”
  • Greek: “Ζιγκουράτ της Ουρ”
  • Greek: “Ναός της Ουρ”
  • Hebrew: “הזיקורת הגדול של אור”
  • Hindi: “उर का जिगुरत”
  • Indonesian: “Ziggurat Ur”
  • Irish: “Siogúrat Ur”
  • Italian: “Ziggurat di Ur”
  • Japanese: “エ・テメン・ニグル”
  • Korean: “우르의 지구라트”
  • Latvian: “Ūras zikurāts”
  • Macedonian: “Урски зигурат”
  • Malay: “Ziggurat Ur”
  • Persian: “زیگورات اور”
  • Polish: “Ziggurat w Ur”
  • Portuguese: “Zigurate de Ur”
  • Romanian: “Templul din Ur”
  • Romanian: “Ziguratul din Ur”
  • Romanian: “Ziguratul Urului”
  • Russian: “Зиккурат в Уре”
  • Serbian: “Велики зигурат Ура”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Veliki zigurat Ura”
  • Slovenian: “tempelj v Uru”
  • Slovenian: “veliki zigurat v Uru”
  • Slovenian: “Veliki zigurat v Uru”
  • Spanish: “Zigurat de Ur”
  • Swedish: “zigguraten i Ur”
  • Swedish: “Ziqquraten i Ur”
  • Tagalog: “Ziggurat ng Ur”
  • Tamil: “ஊரின் சிகூரட்”
  • Thai: “ซิกกุรัตแห่งอูร์”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Ur Zigguratı”
  • Turkish: “Ur Zigguratı”
  • Turkish: “Ur’un Büyük Zigguratı”
  • Ukrainian: “Зикурат в Урі”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Ziggurat han Ur”

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