Orcha (Mint, Concept)

Canonical URI: http://nomisma.org/id/orcha

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Orcha (en), Uruk (es), Ουρούκ (el), Uruk (fr), Uruk (it), Uruk (de)Additional labels
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Uruk (en)

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Uruk (Hellenized Orcha) was an ancient city of Sumer (and later of Babylonia), situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates river, on the dried-up, ancient channel of the Euphrates, some 30 km east of modern Samawah, Al-Muthannā, Iraq.

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