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)
13808	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment of accounts with name - sangud ... zi... zi -zi...; HC.310
13806	(none)	1930,1213.650	(none)	Tablet. Archaic. Fragment. With the proper name compare 13700 & 13805. HC.1400. (UET/II:7)
13805	37-7-91	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment. Arachaic. With the proper names compare 13700 & 13806. HC.1401. (UET/II:12 supp)
13804	37-7-94	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Small round. Receipt of buuter. (c. Sargonic Period ?) HC.309 UET II: 28 supp).
13778	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical, with slightly defined circular base. Type III.
13715B	(none)	1930,1213.302	(none)	Clay pans. Low straight sides. 3 broad ribbon loop handles which bend down inwards and are attached to the base of the bowl inside about halfway between the center and the circumference. A = 2 handles broken and missing. Red clay with whitish slip. B Complete except for a chip : greenish clay. Not in Cat of Vol. IV
13709	(none)	1928,1010.880	(none)	Offering-table. Drab clay. Fragments of with incised decoration. The design is remarkable. Round the base, incised chevrons and cross-hatched triangles. The stem has two long vertical slots on each side of which are the door-symbols: on one side is a tree flanked by the dotted triangle of the female organ: on the other side is a tree on one side of which is a house(?) either built on piles or with the lower part of its walls of channelled masonry. Field note says much smashed. No drawing. [drawing]
13700	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Archaic. 11 proper names, note of purcchase, cf. 13805, 13806, cf. name in case 4 with 14131, Rev. 7 (preSargonic); HC.1402.
13688A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
13682	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment of large cone of unidentfied Larsa King. New inscription. HC..7
13659	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Part of round archaic tablet. (NB reference to servant of Patesi of Lagash) HC.301 (i.e. probably above SIS 1).
13658	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment of round preSargonic (?) accounts. HC.403.
13654	(none)	1930,1213.612	(none)	Tablet. Fragment of Presargonic accounts (sheep). HC.402. UET II: 3 supp).
13650	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Sargonic? HC.305.
13648	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. round. Sargnic or rather presargoni. Note about barley (the sign sag in case 1, presargonic, cf. T.Dangin, Rec. (4), ii,4) cf. 14131; HC.404.
13606	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment. En-Te-me-na. Inscription about 011 long, two columns. Reference not required. HC.1929/30/-3.
13590	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical & distorted. Type III
13583	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. [drawing]
13581	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper bowl. Hemispherical.
13571	31-17-173	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical.
13568	(none)	1935,0113.798	(none)	Clay offering table. Baked. Incised reticulated pattern on stem..
13088	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet archaic.
13004	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. 2 signs GAL-TUD. Irregular shape, very archaic.
12A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Coarse yellow-drab clay, wheelmade, round base. Broken. Type III (v.)
12995	(none)	1948,0423.87	(none)	Tablet. Business document. Ur III (broken).