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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8901 | (none) | 1928,1010.379 | (none) | Silver bowl. A good deal distorted. {Drawing] [Type] III | |
 | 8841 | (none) | (none) | B17441 | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. Small portion of body missing. Fairly thick copper. [drawing] |
| 8840A | 52-30-45 | (none) | (none) | Tablet. In a box, not marked, and not fully examined, the following leftover unbaked, at end of season. (A)[A and H] 2 considerable fragments. (B)[B and I-L] 5 small tablets. (C) seal impression (interesting). (D) Contract with many fragments of its envelope, with seal impressions. also baked. (E) Fragment containing some proper names. (F) Half a business note also. (G) corner of archaic tablet. |
| 8832 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Part of small archaic account tablet. |
| 8831 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Part of archaic account tablet. |
| 8829 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Large fragment of large archaic tablet. |
| 8828 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Part of archaic account tablet |
| 8826I | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablets. Archaic tablets like the older ones of preceding lot: (except the smallest which is from near the surface). |
| 8826H | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablets. Archaic tablets like the older ones of preceding lot: (except the smallest which is from near the surface). |
| 8826G | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablets. Archaic tablets like the older ones of preceding lot: (except the smallest which is from near the surface). |
| 8826F | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablets. Archaic tablets like the older ones of preceding lot: (except the smallest which is from near the surface). |
| 8825J | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablets. Mostly archaic or about Ur Nina time: account tablets or (at higher level) more modern. 4 of these which require baking, are in a box and not marked. |
| 8825I | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablets. Mostly archaic or about Ur Nina time: account tablets or (at higher level) more modern. 4 of these which require baking, are in a box and not marked. |
| 8825H | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablets. Mostly archaic or about Ur Nina time: account tablets or (at higher level) more modern. 4 of these which require baking, are in a box and not marked. |
| 8825G | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablets. Mostly archaic or about Ur Nina time: account tablets or (at higher level) more modern. 4 of these which require baking, are in a box and not marked. |
| 8825E | (none) | 1930,1213.647 | (none) | Tablets. Mostly archaic or about Ur Nina time: account tablets or (at higher level) more modern. 4 of these which require baking, are in a box and not marked. |
| 8801 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic account tablet |
| 8777 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Broken - Part of rim and base missing. Human finger bones found within it. Metal vase type 4. |
| 8628 | (none) | 1928,1010.383 | (none) | Copper vase. Shaped rather like a samovar and carved with an open network of twisted silver wire. One end open and the edge here missing (it stood in the soil with this thin end uppermost) Type 12 |
| 8627B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper tray. ?type 85 (new). Shallow, circular, with beaten-up rim and wide spout flush with tray bottom. Type 13. Resting on this and corroded to it is [B] a copper object [drawing] of sheet copper 70mm wide, the ends bent up. [drawing 1:5] |
| 8627A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper tray. ?type 85 (new). Shallow, circular, with beaten-up rim and wide spout flush with tray bottom. Type 13. Resting on this and corroded to it is [B] a copper object [drawing] of sheet copper 70mm wide, the ends bent up. [drawing 1:5] |
| 8626 | 98-9-1 | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Type 14. | |
| 8625 | (none) | (none) | B17451 | Copper bowl. Oval type. Originally provided with a long handle attached to the rim at the middle of the longer sides: this is missing. It was probably of thin (silver?) wire. | |
| 8612 | (none) | (none) | B16775 | Gold ribbon. A mass of very thin gold ribbon, wide: originally a single length, now broken into a number of pieces. See field notes. | |
| 8601 | (none) | (none) | B17447 | Copper model of shell Dish [drawing] Part of the edge broken |
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