Ur - 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)

Question

The third dynasty of this city came to dominate southern Mesopotamia after the fall of the Akkadian Empire during a period sometimes called the Sumerian Renaissance. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this city, where Leonard and Katherine Woolley unearthed The Great Ziggurat and a Royal Cemetery.

ANSWER: Ur

[10h] This object found in the Royal Cemetery next to a skeleton is a hollow box whose sides depict scenes of wartime and peacetime with mosaics.

ANSWER: Standard of Ur

[10e] Tablets found at Ur were written with this Sumerian writing system that made wedge shaped impressions on clay.

ANSWER: cuneiform

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Summary


2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)	02/23/2024	Y	5	24.00	100%	100%	40%
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)	03/09/2024	Y	6	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)	03/02/2024	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)	03/09/2024	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)	02/23/2024	Y	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%

Data


Belmont	WUSTL	0	10	10
Claremont	Georgia Tech B	10	10	20
MTSU	Vanderbilt A	10	10	20
USN A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	20