The Warka Vase is a large, unique piece that has been painstakingly constructed and carefully decorated. The images on the Warka vase are significant and have iconographic meanings specific to the Uruk people and the cult of Inana. The images reference common practices in cuneiform writing and iconography of the time and place where the Warka vase was made and can be compared with other pieces of the period to understand the symbolism of this brilliant work of art. Understanding who is in the images, what they are doing, and how they interact with each other can provide unique insight into the practices of Inana's cult. The aligned pairs of bulls and heifers in registers 1 to 3 find an echo on a seal. (26), and the pairing of bulls is visible on two other cylindrical joints (27, 24). These three seals have buildings that have calves emerging from the inside, each building has a post in the center of the building and two of the seals (26, 27) have three posts with six rings on the buildings. The six-ringed post is again seen on a fourth seal (45) which contains what is clearly a temple, leading to the conclusion that the buildings seen on the seal with the paired bulls and heifers are also temples, and that the paired bulls and heifers on the Warka vase may invoke images or practices performed in temples. On the Warka vase shown on the register, 4 naked men carry three types of pottery and at least three of these pieces of pottery contain objects, this implies that all three types of pottery contain one or more objects, since the men carry the pottery in the same place. One of these pieces of pottery appears to be a piece designed for pouring and holding liquids. This pouring vessel is again seen in an image on another vase (20), this vase appears to be...... middle of paper ......with similar features to the bearded man in the other images . This distinct beard is visible on two sculptures (61, 63), one of which was enlarged to be larger than real men, which also indicates that the man held a special status, either king or priest. The Warka vase is a special view into the daily practices of the cult of Inana and the structure of their lives and the importance of the different materials, animals and people that make up the cult of Inana. The Vase honors all aspects of their lives. Irrigated water is the basis of their life, without irrigation no crop would grow. The livestock used in the temples would not survive without the crops to feed them. Without livestock, men would not exist to provide for the needs of the cult of Inana either. Every register is important to the way of life of the cult of Inana, even the simple irrigation of their plants..