-1 101 Z Eanna - "House of Heaven" - was the vast complex dedicated to Inanna, goddess of love and war and Uruk's patron deity. Paired temples may indicate that Dumuzi, Inanna's consort, was also worshipped here. The precinct's layout was constantly being altered, as new structures replaced earlier ones.
# Eanna precinct
4 102 B One of the most spectacular structures at Uruk was this monumental pillared hall and courtyard, probably the entrance to the precinct. Its mudbrick walls were decorated in a unique late Uruk style (c 3300 BC): lacking stone to face their most prestigious structures, the Sumerians employed cones of baked clay with painted heads, embedded in clay to form striking mosaic designs.
# Mosaic court, Mosaic court
5 101 x The infilled remains of the Mosaic Court formed a platform on which a major temple (temple D) was erected around 3100 BC,
# Temple D
6 101 x Temple C, dated around 3100 BC, is the best preserved temple at Uruk. Although considerably smaller than Temple D, at 54 x 22 m it is still much larger than many temples of the period.
# Temple C
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# IW The birth of Cuneiform writing
2 101 x The ziggurat of Inanna was one of those erected by Ur-Nammu in the 21st century BC and closely follows the structural design of the Ur ziggurat.
# Ziggurat
3 102 A Annual fertility was ensured by the Sacred Marriage between Inanna and her shadowy consort Dumuzi. According to the Epic of Gilgamesh, a bitter feud developed when Gilgamesh spurned Inanna's offer of marriage. Gilgamesh claimed to have rebuilt and enlarged Inanna's temple, but few structural remains survive from the period after 3000 BC.
