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Uruk
[ oo-rook ]
noun
- 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.
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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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