Early Dynastic / 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

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
11861B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 Copper Bowls. Hemispherical. A pair of the same size (1 broken in halves)
11865	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Lamp. Normal shell type.
11880	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl.
11902	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold Tumbler. Fluted, with pattern at rim and the same(inverted) at base: under the base a rosette thus [Drawing of rosette] [Drawing of pattern at rim]
11903	(none)	1929,1017.6	(none)	Gold Pin. With lapis head capped with gold Type VI, B.
11906	(none)	1929,1017.47	(none)	Frontlet. An ellipse of gold plate engraved with an 8-pointed star of the conventional type: at each end a wire for attachment, one ending in a loop, the other in a wooden button.
11909.1	(none)	1929,1017.20	(none)	[.1-.2] Gold earrings. A pair. Spiral coils of heavy gold wire.
11911	(none)	1929,1017.248	(none)	Beads. Gold balls (hollow) and balls of light yellow carnelian.
11912A	(none)	1929,1017.24	(none)	[A-B] Gold Finger-rings (two) one with broad plain flat border & centre of cable pattern, 5 rows; one with narrow plain border and 8 rows of cable pattern.
11916A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Two Copper disks. Slightly concave, like the pans of a scale.
11917	(none)	1929,1017.632	(none)	3 Copper Vessels. (A) Shallow dish, circular with narrow trough spout; (B) similar; (C) A strainer, with handle (broken)
11918A	(none)	1929,1017.635	(none)	[A-C] Copper Tumblers. 10 in all. 3 sets, nested, of 3 each, and of 4.
11920A	(none)	1929,1017.628	(none)	[A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. Types III and LXIII
11921	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Jug. of the normal libation type with very long spout. [Drawing] Type XXIX
11922	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Patten [Drawing] [Annotated] Type XXVIII
11923	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Ladle. [Annotated] Type 2 [?]
11924	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Oval, with verticular tubular handles. Type LXIII
11925	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Dish (see Field Notes). [Annotated] Type LVI
11927	(none)	1929,1017.682	(none)	Stone White calcite. Spouted pot [Drawing] [Annotated] Type CXXV
11936	(none)	1929,1017.521	(none)	Copper Knife. Type II F.
11937	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Cauldron. [Drawing] Type XXI
11979	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Type III. Hemispherical distorted but complete.
11999	(none)	1929,1017.643	(none)	Copper Bowl. Oval, with flat base & end ribs; at the sides, double tubular handle-rings of silver. Broken but complete.
12014	(none)	1929,1017.531	(none)	Copper Adze. Type I.
12051A	(none)	1929,1017.629	(none)	[A] Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Inside it a [B] shallow cup of white limestone with nicked rim. [Type] XLIII.