city of Ur

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/city_of_Ur
GPTKB entity
Statements (32)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:abandoned 4th century BC
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite gptkb:Tell_el-Muqayyar
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Abraham
gptkbp:currency shekel
gptkbp:destroyedBy gptkb:Elamites
gptkbp:economy agriculture
trade
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Leonard_Woolley
gptkbp:famousFor gptkb:Ziggurat_of_Ur
gptkbp:flourishedDuring gptkb:Early_Bronze_Age
gptkb:Third_Dynasty_of_Ur
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label city of Ur
gptkbp:languageSpoken Akkadian
Sumerian
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkb:Sumer
modern-day Iraq
gptkbp:locatedOnRiver gptkb:Euphrates
gptkbp:mainDeity gptkb:Nanna_(Sin)
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Shulgi
gptkb:Ur-Nammu
gptkbp:populationPeak 65,000
gptkbp:region southern Mesopotamia
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Sumerian_religion
gptkbp:restored gptkb:Babylonians
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list 2016
gptkbp:writingSystem cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Royal_Cemetery_of_Ur
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6