Uruk Trough

c. 3300–3000 BC · Sumer

A carved stone trough showing a flock of sheep coming out of a reed hut, probably used in the temple of the goddess Inanna.

Date

c. 3300–3000 BC

Civilization

Sumer

Found at

Uruk

Where it is today

British Museum, London

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• 
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• 
  c. 3200–3000 BC

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  Marble bowl fragment dedicated to Geshtinanna

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