Temple Complex of Inanna at Uruk: Cult, Architecture, and Ritual (c. 4000–2000 BCE)

1. Eanna precinct emerges in the Uruk period

   Jan 1, 4000 BCELabels: Eanna precinct, Inanna

   • Britannica
   • Eanna Wiki

2. Limestone Temple built in early Eanna sequence

   Jan 1, 3500 BCELabels: Limestone Temple, Eanna precinct

   • Eanna Wiki
   • Visus Nomadum

3. Cone-mosaic façade tradition established at Eanna

   Jan 1, 3400 BCELabels: Cone mosaics, Eanna precinct

   • British Museum
   • Met Museum
   • ICOM Red List

4. Columned halls and mosaic courts built in Eanna

   Jan 1, 3200 BCELabels: Columned hall, Mosaic court

   • MIT Dome
   • British Museum

5. Proto-cuneiform administration recorded at Eanna

   Jan 1, 3200 BCELabels: Proto-cuneiform, Eanna administration

   • Eanna Wiki
   • Britannica

6. Uruk Vase produced for Inanna’s cult context

   Jan 1, 3100 BCELabels: Warka Vase, Inanna

   • U M Library
   • Warka Vase Wiki
   • Norton WWN

7. Inanna’s reed-post iconography emphasized in ritual imagery

   Jan 1, 3000 BCELabels: Reed posts, Inanna iconography

   • Norton WWN
   • Morgan Library

8. Early Dynastic rebuilding sustains Eanna as city institution

   Jan 1, 2900 BCELabels: Eanna precinct, Early Dynastic

   • Eanna Wiki
   • Britannica

9. Inanna’s Eanna remains a major cult focus into Akkadian era

   Jan 1, 2334 BCELabels: Eanna precinct, Akkadian era

   • Eanna Wiki
   • Britannica

10. Ur-Nammu builds the Eanna ziggurat at Uruk

    Jan 1, 2100 BCELabels: Ur-Nammu, Eanna ziggurat

    • U Strasbourg
    • Eanna Wiki

11. Ur III renovations expand Eanna’s sacred enclosure

    Jan 1, 2050 BCELabels: Ur III, Eanna enclosure

    • U Strasbourg
    • Eanna Wiki

12. Eanna continues beyond 2000 BCE as enduring sanctuary

    Jan 1, 2000 BCELabels: Eanna precinct, Inanna Ishtar

    • Eanna Wiki
    • Brill Beaulieu