3 and a Half square Miles

Within the first few lines of the first tablet there can be found a stanza that talks about the "expanse of Uruk." According to this stanza the city has one square mile city, one square mile date grove, one square mile clay pit, and a half square mile for the temple. 
This break down of the city of Uruk becomes slightly more interesting when we consider the papers we have read. Barley is not mentioned, which is not surprising as the city would have relied on barley coming from the surrounding area not from within the city. It is curious that they mention date groves. This is something we haven't heard much about, but it seems to emphasize perhaps that the city still produced food and that the food it produced was perhaps more sophisticated. The mentioning of the clay pits make sense as they would have been so very important to this early city. Clay was the source for containers, writing tablets, tools and other things. Clay was essential to the city of Uruk. Lastly we see a mentioning of the temple. It is astounding that one seventh of the city was occupied by this building. It seems indeed to not only have defined the city politically, but geographically as well.
We can learn much of the city of Uruk from this simple stanza.