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J.E. Taylor, “Notes on the Ruins of Muqeyer,” Jl. R. Asiat. Soc., 15:260–276 (1855)—the ruins of Muqeyer (Tall al-Muqayyar) were later identified as the site of Ur of the Chaldees. H.R. Hall, A Season’s Work at Ur (1930); C.J. Gadd, History and Monuments of Ur (1929); C. Leonard Wooley, Excavations at Ur (1954 and 1964) and Ur of the Chaldees (1938); C. Leonard Wooley et al., Ur Excavations, vol. 1–5 and 8–10 (1927–65); C.J. Gadd and L. Legrain et al., Ur Excavations: Texts, vol. 1–5 (1928–53). The Ur excavation volumes include reports on the excavations at Al-ʿUbayd (near Ur), the Royal Cemetery (the predynastic and Sargonid graves excavated between 1926 and 1931), archaic seal impressions, the sites and objects prior in date to the 3rd dynasty of Ur, the ziggurat and its surroundings, the Kassite period and the period of the Assyrian kings, the Neo-Babylonian and Persian periods, and seal cylinders.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Ur, Iraq. | Mar 05, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The University of Chicago Press Journals - The Suburbs of the Early Mesopotamian City of Ur (Tell al-Muqayyar, Iraq). | Nov 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia - Ur. | Mar 08, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference to ziggurat at Ur. | Dec 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The City and Landscape of Ur: An Aerial, Satellite, and Ground Reassessment (PDF). | Nov 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Ur, Iraq. | Sep 08, 2023 | ||
| Map added. | Jun 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - 4,000-Year-Old Mesopotamian City Discovered In the Shadow Of Ur. | May 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Ur. | Dec 09, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 24, 2021 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Ur, Iraq. | Aug 29, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: The History Files - City State of Ur / Urim. | Aug 29, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Penn Museum - Ur, Iraq. | Aug 29, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: International World History Project - The City of Ur. | Aug 29, 2017 | ||
| Media revised. | Jun 23, 2011 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 16, 2001 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |