Uruk

Monumental Sumerian city-state (modern Warka, Iraq), seat of the Eanna sanctuary of Inanna and the Anu ziggurat of An, and royal capital of Gilgamesh in the Epic of Gilgamesh.

Core Themes

• First large-scale urban center of fourth-millennium BCE Sumer and birthplace of early proto-cuneiform accounting tablets.
• Recipient of the sacred decrees (Divine Essence (Me)) brought from Eridu in Inanna and Enki.

Related Concepts & Sources

Inanna (patron goddess of Eanna), An (sky god of Kullaba), Epic of Gilgamesh (royal epic), City States (context)