Warka
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word Warka. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word Warka, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say Warka in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word Warka you have here. The definition of the word Warka will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofWarka, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Warka
- Alternative name for the ancient city of Uruk, or the modern archaeological site.
- 1936, M. E. L. Mallowan, Review of The Development of Sumerian Art, by Leonard Woolley, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, page 337:
- The discovery in Uruk of a brecciated limestone vase of the Jamdat Nasr period made of a material almost certainly imported from the Mosul area, and the occurrence at Gawrah and Warka of the curious double looped idols seems to me significant evidence of a close contact between Assyria and Sumer at this period.
- 1983, Carsten Colpe, “Development of Religious Thought”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, The Cambridge History of Iran, volume 3, number 2, Springer, page 844:
- For some unknown reason, Parthian art in Palmyra, Assur, Hatra, Dura-Europos, Warka, Tang-i Sarvak and Shāmi presents a different picture.
- 2013, Guillermo Algaze, “The End of Prehistory and the Uruk Period”, in Harriet Crawford, editor, The Sumerian World, Routledge, page 74:
- […] there is general agreement that Nissen’s (2003) estimate of the population of Warka in the Late Uruk period at 40,000 or so people probably represents a reasonable approximation.