Early Dynastic / Sumerian
The period from circa 3000 BC-2350 BC in southern Mesopotamia is sub-divided into three main phases known as Early Dynastic I, II & III. Part of this region at this period corresponds to the ancient region of Sumer hence the assumption that all of the material culture is Sumerian.
Description:
The Sumerian Period is a grouping of the Early Dynastic Periods which were divided by the Oriental Institute's excavations in the Diyala. This term was used during Woolley's time to refer to this span of time. It was preceded by the Jemdat Nasr Period and followed by the Akkadian Period. During this period, Kingship alternated between a number of competing dynasties, traditionally including Kish, Uruk, and Ur.
Ultra Low Chronology:
Short/Low Chronology: 2800-2230 BCE
Middle Chronology: 2900-2340 BCE
Objects: Early Dynastic / Sumerian Export: JSON - XML - CSV
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11161 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Cup. Very thin soft gold, quite plain: slight foot-rim. [drawing] |
| 11168 | (none) | 1928,1010.125 | (none) | Silver Pin. WIth plain lapis ball head. Type V. |
| 11201 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Tubing. Bent and battered. From decayed silver sucking bowl; used like a straw for sipping liquid. |
| 11523A | (none) | 1929,1017.645 | (none) | Group of copper objects. Found together. (A) Copper bowl, hemispherical. Type III. (B) Copper Adze. (C) Copper dagger riveted tang. (D) Copper knife. | |
| 11523C | (none) | 1929,1017.511 | (none) | Group of copper objects. Found together. (A) Copper bowl, hemispherical. Type III. (B) Copper Adze. (C) Copper dagger riveted tang. (D) Copper knife. | |
| 11526 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Oval. |
| 11540A | (none) | 1929,1017.633 | (none) | Copper vessels. An oval bowl and inside it a hemispherical bowl. Also fragments of a long-handled strainer. [Type] LXIII, III |
| 11551 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Cup. Miniature. Base square & sides change to an oval (possibly this is accidental & the original form was circular above, but the cup has been slightly crushed). Type 16 variant. |
| 11569 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Lamp. Usual shell shape. One side badly broken & parts of it missing: otherwise well preserved. |
| 11572 | 30-12-350 | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. | |
| 11574 | (none) | 1929,1017.541 | (none) | Copper axe. [drawing] | |
| 11575 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. |
| 11646 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Nearly wholly defaced (perhaps dIB may be read) | |
| 11664 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Round, archaic accounts. |
| 11675 | (none) | 1929,1017.61 | (none) | Calcite Bowl. Fragment. Dedication by a King of Ur: name mostly broken: possibly Mes-ki-ag-nun of 1st. Dyn.? |
| 11680 | 31-16-630 | (none) | (none) | Clay Seal Impressions on lamp or tablet. with geometrical design spread eagle, star, sun? (like sign UD) angular man(?) carrying pot, and other things. | |
| 11691 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic accounts. |
| 11694 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Fragment. Archaic accounts (large) (Su-ba-ti). |
| 11695 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Fragment. Small finely written archaic accounts. (Very archaic class like U. 12505 ff.) |
| 11703 | (none) | (none) | B8547b | Copper Bowl. Oval in pretty good condition. Corroded on to it, in the inside, are a copper lamp and a hemispherical copper bowl. |
| 11712 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. |
| 11733 | (none) | 1929,1017.658 | (none) | Stone Bowl. Bell-shaped. Dark steatite. Type LXVI | |
| 11736B | (none) | 1929,1017.23 | (none) | [A-B] Gold Hair-rings. 2 spiral coils of gold wire. | |
| 11738 | (none) | 1929,1017.561 | (none) | Pin. Copper with lapis ball head (stem broken). Type V. | |
| 11739 | 30-12-275 | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. |
Related Terms
Ubaid - Uruk - Jemdat Nasr - Akkadian Dynasty - Guti/Post Akkadian - Ur III - Old Babylonian - Middle Assyrian - Kassite - Neo-Assyrian - Neo-Babylonian - Achaemenid Empire (Persian) - Seleucid - Parthian