Ubaid
The Ubaid period falls within the Pottery Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic periods (c.5900-4000 BC). Ubaid culture began in southern Iraq and spread northwards to cover much of the Fertile Crescent around 4500BC.
Description:
The Ubaid period is marked by the high quality of painted pottery, found throughout Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf. The first settlements were established, most notably at Eridu, and irrigation agriculture also began during this period. The name derives from Tell al-Ubaid, excavated by Henry Hall and Sir Leonard Woolley as part of the Ur project. It is part of the Neolithic, and arises out of the Halaf period, and is replaced by the Uruk Period.
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Medium Chronology: 5500-4000 BCE
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.194 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | 31-43-569 | (none) | (none) | unknown | |
| (none) | 30-12-126 | (none) | (none) | unknown | |
| (none) | 31-16-591A | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.825 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.788 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.787 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.213 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.538 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,0922.10 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,0922.9 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,0922.8 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,0922.7 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,0922.6 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,0922.5 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,0922.4 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,0922.3 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,0922.2 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1932,1008.189 | (none) | (none) | |
 | (none) | (none) | 1934,0210.160 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 2000,0831.2 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.221 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.187 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.223 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.225 | (none) | (none) |
Related Terms
Uruk - Jemdat Nasr - Early Dynastic / Sumerian - Akkadian Dynasty - Guti/Post Akkadian - Ur III - Old Babylonian - Middle Assyrian - Kassite - Neo-Assyrian - Neo-Babylonian - Achaemenid Empire (Persian) - Seleucid - Parthian