Warka Vase

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Sculpture · c. 3200 BC · Uruk · Middle East

Early narrative relief: registers rising from water and crops to the goddess Inanna

Warka Vase — Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Mesopotamian art — Clay, brick and relief serving king and god: ziggurats, victory steles, winged guardians
Century: 33rd century BC

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