Historical place profile
Uršu/Waršuwa
Uršu/Waršuwa was an Assyrian trading colony (kārum) located on the route between Aššur and Kaneš. This important city is attested in Eblaite and Sumerian sources, including an inscription of Gudea of Lagaš that describes the rebuilding of the temple of the god Ningirsu at Girsu; numerous Old Assyrian and Old Babylonian texts; and Hittite sources, for example, the annals of king Hattusili I, a literary composition generally referred to as ‘The Siege of Uršu,’ a treaty between the Hittite king and Sunassura of Kizzuwatna, and a land grant to a nobleman (Sahurunuwa).
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:362814927
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:362814927
- Place type
- settlement, unlocated
- Coordinates
- 37.250000, 37.250000
- Precision
- rough
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Uršu/Waršuwa was an Assyrian trading colony (kārum) located on the route between Aššur and Kaneš. This important city is attested in Eblaite and Sumerian sources, including an inscription of Gudea of Lagaš that describes the rebuilding of the temple of the god Ningirsu at Girsu; numerous Old Assyrian and Old Babylonian texts; and Hittite sources, for example, the annals of king Hattusili I, a literary composition generally referred to as ‘The Siege of Uršu,’ a treaty between the Hittite king and Sunassura of Kizzuwatna, and a land grant to a nobleman (Sahurunuwa).
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Pleiades
Source and reuse
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Research path
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