# Canonical recap data for Wararka Vase Creation (3200)
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title: Wararka Vase Creation
subtitle: This limestone monument depicts the earliest known festival procession with ranked participants and ceremonial hierarchy, documenting ancient Sumerian civic ritual.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 3200-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 3200
decade: 3200
country:
name: Iraq
slug: iraq
summaryShort: The Warka Vase or Uruk vase is a slim carved alabaster vessel found in a temple complex in the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk, located in the modern Al Muthanna Governorate, in southern Iraq. Like the Uruk Trough, Mask of Warka, and the Narmer Palette from Egypt, it is one of the earliest surviving works of narrativ
summaryLong: The Warka Vase or Uruk vase is a slim carved alabaster vessel found in a temple complex in the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk, located in the modern Al Muthanna Governorate, in southern Iraq. Like the Uruk Trough, Mask of Warka, and the Narmer Palette from Egypt, it is one of the earliest surviving works of narrative relief sculpture, found, no in situ, in a layer dated to c. 3100–2900 BC. Simple relief sculpture is also known from much earlier periods, from the site of Göbekli Tepe, dating to circa 9000 BC.
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heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Warka Vase"
importance: 78
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warka_Vase"
  title: Warka Vase
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- award
metaDescription: The Warka Vase or Uruk vase is a slim carved alabaster vessel found in a temple complex in the ruins of the ancient city of Uruk, located in the modern Al Mutha
wikidataQid: Q656070
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- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260618223841/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warka_Vase"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-18
  label: Warka Vase
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warka_Vase"
