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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 13581 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. |
| 13583 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. [drawing] |
| 13590 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical & distorted. Type III |
| 13606 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment. En-Te-me-na. Inscription about 011 long, two columns. Reference not required. HC.1929/30/-3. |
| 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. |
| 13650 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Sargonic? HC.305. |
| 13654 | (none) | 1930,1213.612 | (none) | Tablet. Fragment of Presargonic accounts (sheep). HC.402. UET II: 3 supp). |
| 13658 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Fragment of round preSargonic (?) accounts. HC.403. |
| 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). |
| 13682 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment of large cone of unidentfied Larsa King. New inscription. HC..7 |
| 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. |
| 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] | |
| 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 | |
| 13778 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical, with slightly defined circular base. Type III. |
| 13806 | (none) | 1930,1213.650 | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Fragment. With the proper name compare 13700 & 13805. HC.1400. (UET/II:7) |
| 13808 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Fragment of accounts with name - sangud ... zi... zi -zi...; HC.310 | |
| 13815 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Good impression of mythological animal figures. Im-gig, bird on bull, scorpion, etc. cf. 13854, 13863, 13865 (=SIS2). (UET/II:51 supp). |
| 13844 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Round Archaic accounts. HC.401 Stratum B. |
| 13848 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Accounts archaic. HC.1404. 9UET/II:10 supp) [Additional notes on back of catalog card]. |
| 13854 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. = 13815, 13863, 13865, adding part of inscription (cf. 13865) engur-bara-? lu-PI HC.209 UET II: 31 supp). |
| 13865 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Bird on bull. Imgig, etc. 13815, 13854, 13863 with part of inscription (cf. 13854) HC.209 (UET/II:51 supp). |
| 13877 | (none) | 1930,1213.662 | (none) | Tablet. Fragment. Accounts. (sheep) HC.1406 (UET/II:9 supp) |
| 13889 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. Animals & small horned animals between their legs. Inscription: lugal - written irregularly and backwards. HC.210 (UET/II:52 supp). |
| 13890 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Beginning bara mas(?) - an-ni-pad HC.1405 (UET/II: 6 supp) |
| 13891 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impression. 3 partial impressions and an inscription. Archaic. HC.211 UET II: 318) |
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