Uruk

[ oo-rook ]

noun

1. an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq, near the Euphrates, important before 2000 b.c.: exclusive archaeological excavations, notably of a ziggurat and of tablets with very early Sumerian script.

Example Sentences

Interestingly enough, from the mythological side of affairs, the ascendancy of the whom we know as Sumerians in the place of Ubaids can be discerned from the touted importance of Uruk as the main city under its patron goddess Inanna.

From Realm of History

The story of Khasisatra, in the poem of Uruk, invariably proceeds hebdomadally.

From Project Gutenberg

The elders of Uruk beg his mother, the mother-goddess Aruru (a form of Ishtar), to restrain him.

From Project Gutenberg

Eabani followed the priestess to Uruk, where he and Gilgamesh became comrades,—heroes of war and slayers of monsters.

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The gods and spirits of "walled Uruk" have become hostile forces.

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Uruk, and Gilgames with all his valour was barely able to deliver the town.

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