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

Objects: Early Dynastic / Sumerian Export: JSON - XML - CSV

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
12168	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Distorted. [Type] III.
12234	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] VII.
12241	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper strainer. badly broken. Normal type.
12243	30-12-258	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III.
12273	30-12-276	(none)	(none)	Copper Vase. Champagne vase type. Much bent & distorted; part of rim missing. Type XXXIV. [drawing 2:5]
12285	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Platter with lid. Circular dish with cover & handle in centre for removing same. [Type] XLI. [drawing]
12294	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Oval type with silver tubular handle rims. [Type LXIII]
12317A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper Patten & [B] Ewer, & [C-D] 2 copper beakers. Making a set. All in very poor condition and broken. [Types listed, not correlated to objects, but are presumably in order indicated] [A]XXVIII, [B]XXIX, [C-D]XXIX.
12317B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper Patten & [B] Ewer, & [C-D] 2 copper beakers. Making a set. All in very poor condition and broken. [Types listed, not correlated to objects, but are presumably in order indicated] [A]XXVIII, [B]XXIX, [C-D]XXIX.
12317C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper Patten & [B] Ewer, & [C-D] 2 copper beakers. Making a set. All in very poor condition and broken. [Types listed, not correlated to objects, but are presumably in order indicated] [A]XXVIII, [B]XXIX, [C-D]XXIX.
12317D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper Patten & [B] Ewer, & [C-D] 2 copper beakers. Making a set. All in very poor condition and broken. [Types listed, not correlated to objects, but are presumably in order indicated] [A]XXVIII, [B]XXIX, [C-D]XXIX.
12357A	(none)	1929,1017.1	(none)	[A, B] Statues of rams. A pair. With gold heads and legs; lapis horns, eyes and manes; shell fleeces; silver bellies; the plants and flowers gold; mounted on silver stands with pink and white mosaic diaper. The ram stands on his hind legs, the front legs doubled up and shackled to the stems of tall plants whose arrowhead shaped leaves & rosette flowers rise on each side of the head. Gold sockets rising from the shoulder shows that they were supports for something : of this the only possible trace was a white substance, perhaps leather, which lay under the second animal found. The first animal [A] is rather badly broken & the legs & part of the rump are separate but the thickness of the body is preserved : the second [B] is squashed quite flat but keeps its silhouette & only 3 of the flowers are detached.
12366A	30-12-717	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [C] Wreath of gold leaves in lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Silver comb with 3 inlaid flowers (in bad condition). [E] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [F] Necklace of gold and lapis fluted base beads and carnelian rings (for order see field notes). [G] Bracelet of gold lapis and carnelian beads. [H] Another similar bracelet. [I] Silver pin with lapis head Type VI B. [J] Copper pin with lapis head Type VI B. [K] Gold flower on silver stem.
12369B	30-12-753	(none)	(none)	Group: [A.1-.2] Pair of silver wire spiral coil earrings. [B] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoid beads. [C] Copper pin with lapis head, Type V B. [D] Cockle shells with green paint.
12374B.1	30-12-705A	(none)	(none)	Group: [A.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [B.1-.2] Two heavy gold wire spiral coil hair rings. [C] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [D] Necklace of gold and lapis double round beads. [E] Gold pin with fluted lapis head V B. [F] Lapis cylinder seal two registers. [G-I] A set of 3 gold rings, each of cable pattern with plain rim. [J-L] Are human finger bones found inside the rings. Added by project]
12398A	30-12-684	(none)	(none)	Groups: [A ]Gold hair ribbon. [B] Large gold lunate earrings. [C] Wreath of gold gold leaves on lapis and carnelian wreath. [D-E] 2 gold flowers mounted on silver stems. [F] Silver comb with 3 inlaid flowers. [G] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [H] Necklace of gold and blue ball beads. [I] Silver pin (broken).
12398C	30-12-679	(none)	(none)	Groups: [A ]Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earrings. [C] Wreath of gold gold leaves on lapis and carnelian wreath. [D-E] 2 gold flowers mounted on silver stems. [F] Silver comb with 3 inlaid flowers. [G] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [H] Necklace of gold and blue ball beads. [I] Silver pin (broken).
12409J	(none)	1929,1017.140	(none)	Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [E] Necklace of gold and lapis triangles. [F] Necklace of gold and lapis ribbed ball beads (for order see field notes). [G] Necklace of lapis and silver double conoids. [H] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [I] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [J] Wristlet of gold and lapis tubular beads and carnelian rings (part of it waxed). [K-L] 2 silver finger rings.
12423A	30-12-726	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] Gold hair ribbon. [B.1-.2] Large gold lunate earring. [C] Wreath of gold leaves on lapis and carnelian beads. [D] Silver comb with inlaid flowers. [E] Necklace of lapis and gold triangles. [F] Necklace of gold and lapis double conoid beads. [G] Silver pin with lapis and gold head [Type] VI B. [H] Silver pin with lapis head [Type] VI B. [I] Copper pin with lapis head (broken). [J] A silver finger ring. [K] Wristlet of tubular gold and lapis beads and carnelian rings (order in field notes).
12437	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper bowl. [drawing]
12446	(none)	(none)	(none)	Silver lamp. Shell type.
12447	(none)	1929,1017.62	(none)	Silver lamp. Shell type.
12505	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet (about half?). Accounts. Writing very early. HC 300.
12506	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Nearly complete. Accounts. Archaic. [Annotated] HC 301.
12507	(none)	1930,1213.614	(none)	Tablet. Archaic accounts. [Annotated] HC 302