Revision History

loadingDate    Editor    Change Summary
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM Mike C update #113
5/29/2020, 9:30 PM Mike C update #108
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM Mike C added

Type Settlement
Scripts 𒌷𒀕(Akkadian Cuneiform)

Meaning & History

From Sumerian 𒌷 (uru) meaning "city". This was the name of a city-state of ancient Sumer (later Akkad and Babylonia). It was inhabited until the time of the Islamic conquest of the area.