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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10457A | (none) | (none) | B17297 | Silver Bowls 4 [A-D] Oxidised together 3 of oval type with little knob handles on the long sides, one hemispherical. Type __ Photo __ | |
| 10457B | (none) | (none) | B17298 | Silver Bowls 4 [A-D] Oxidised together 3 of oval type with little knob handles on the long sides, one hemispherical. Type __ Photo __ | |
| 10457C | (none) | (none) | B17299 | Silver Bowls 4 [A-D] Oxidised together 3 of oval type with little knob handles on the long sides, one hemispherical. Type __ Photo __ | |
 | 11821 | (none) | 1929,1017.63 | (none) | Silver Bowl. Oval, usual tubular handle-rings of electrum. Distorted & in bad condition. |
| 11792 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Oblong. |
| 10953 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Hemispherical with slight base. Distorted. Type III. |
| 11794 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Broken, distorted & decayed hemispherical? Design incised & in relief-below, conventional mountains (engraved), above, in relief, procession of mountain goats. |
| 10464 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Oval, with oval base. Type LXIII | |
| 8333 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver bowl. Oval, or boat-shaped with nearly vertical sides. In very bad condition, but waxed in situ and preserved. The measurements give a rather false idea of the vessel owing to its being crushed badly out of shape. The base measures 0075x0045 and is slightly sunk: the original width was probably c. 014 [Type] LXIII. |
| 8901 | (none) | 1928,1010.379 | (none) | Silver bowl. A good deal distorted. {Drawing] [Type] III | |
| 9364 | (none) | 1928,1009.185 | (none) | Silver bowl with long trough spout, with body finely fluted and engraved, the base outside has an eight petalled flower engraved upon it. Found inside two copper bowls. From the pre-historic graves? (Illustrated Harmsworth Universal History. part 5. facing p.481 : in color.) [card seems to be a replacement] |
| 10554 | (none) | (none) | B17067 | Silver Bowl Oval, with cone base Type__ | |
| 10031 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval, with base Exactly like the gold example from the same grave: the foot is slightly developed Base burst in TYPE__ |
| 9797 | (none) | 1928,1010.129 | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval form With engraved line round rim and 3 slightly raised ribs [drawing] It forms part of a mass of broken copper vessels corroded together, and the full details of it cannot be seen. (nos. 11-14 in Field Notes) [Type] LXXXVII |
| 10864 | (none) | 1928,1010.138 | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval With differentiated oval base, slight rim, and marked ribs at ends from base to rim: crushed and distorted. On the middle of each side, just below the rim, a lug made of a double silver tube to take a wire handle Type__ |
| 10891 | (none) | (none) | B17077 | Silver Bowl Oval with 3 bands of fluting on the sides; 2 double silver wire handle is fixed to the 2 small lugs in the middle of each side Type LXXXIII | |
| 10033 | (none) | (none) | B17529 | Silver Bowl Oval Resembling U.10031 badly smashed up |
| 10032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval A good deal distorted & cracked |
| 10865 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Originally circular: now broken and distorted: slightly raised circular flat base Probably hemispherical [Type] III |
| 10906 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl orig. hemispherical with slight base; broken & distorted Type III |
| 10909 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Orig. hemispherical with slight base (broken & distorted) Type III |
| 10461 | (none) | (none) | B17073 | Silver Bowl In bad condition Type__ | |
| 10903 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl hemispherical with slightly raised base (badly distorted) [Type] III |
| 10904 | (none) | (none) | B17071 | Silver Bowl Hemispherical with slight base, part of rim missing Type III |
| 10905 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Hemispherical with slight base distorted, and the rim chipped [Type] [struck out: "III"] |
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