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A young man stands before and skims the votive Vase of Warka, one of the priceless objects in the Iraq Museum and represents one of the earliest surviving narrative art. The man was included in the image for comparison with the Vase's size and height. It was excavated (in fragments) by a German excavation team in a temple complex dedicated to the goddess Inanna at the city of Uruk (in southern Iraq) in 1933-1934 CE. It is about 1 meter tall. It was looted from the Iraq Museum somewhere between April 10 to 12, 2003 CE. The display case was toppled and broken and then the looters detached the Vase from its reconstructed base. On June 12, 2003 CE, a group of three unidentified young men approached the Iraq Museum's security gate, driving a red Toyota car. They lifted a blanket from the car's boot, wrapping 14 pieces of the Warka Vase. They handed them to the Americans and then they disappeared. The base and upper margin suffered significant damage. From Warka (ancient Uruk), Iraq. Jemdet Nasr Period, 3000-2900 BCE. On display, Sumerian Gallery, at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq.
Amin, O. S. M. (2019, March 21). The Warka Vase at the Iraq Museum. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/10269/
Amin, Osama S. M. "The Warka Vase at the Iraq Museum." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified March 21, 2019. https://www.ancient.eu/image/10269/.
Amin, Osama S. M. "The Warka Vase at the Iraq Museum." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 21 Mar 2019. Web. 26 Feb 2021.
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