Title
Warka Vase
Subject
Art thefts
Description
Uruk (present-day Warka, Iraq). Stolen and recovered in 2003.
Creator
Unknown artist
Source
Kleiner, et al.
Gardner's art through the ages: a global history, 13th, Belmont, Calif.: Wadsworth, 2009 (9780495410553)
Publisher
Department of Visual Studies
University at Buffalo
Date
ca. 3200 - 3000 BCE
BCE
Contributor
Joe Easterly
Rights
Type
reliefs (sculptures)
sculpture (visual work)
Still Image
Identifier
VS4328863
je-20081008-2
Date Created
2011-08-19
Date Modified
2011-08-19
Is Part Of
Media Resource Center
Visual Resources Collection
VS001
Extent
3 1/4 high
Medium
alabaster
Spatial Coverage
National Museum of Iraq (Baghdad, Iraq)
Temporal Coverage
protohistoric
Sumerian
Audience
AHI101
UB Only
Collection
Citation
Unknown artist, “Warka Vase,” Digital Collections - University at Buffalo Libraries, accessed July 13, 2025, https://digital.lib.buffalo.edu/items/show/32683.