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)
12708B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: [A] (1) Copper bowl. Oval. [Type] LXIII. [B] (2) Copper lamp cut as a shell. Normal type. [C] (3) Copper pin. Type V B. Lapis ball head with copper caps. Badly broken. [D] (4) Beads. Broken carnelian lentoids, 2 lapis double conoids, 1 hematite double conoid.
12671B	30-12-259	(none)	(none)	[A-B] 2 copper bowls and shell cut as a lamp all corroded together. Bowls broken and in poor condition. [Type] LXIII.
10086B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper Bucket Exactly like U10082 q.v. but larger= ht. c. 020 but the pot is too distorted for accurate measurement Inverted over its mouth is a [B] shallow plate diam 017 with rim 0025 high [drawing] something like this [drawing] Type XXXVII
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17449	(none)
10436B	(none)	(none)	B16744b	Box (?) Semi-circular The body of [B] silver, the lid of [A] shell and lapis inlay. The lid is of soild shell with inlaid diamond decoration found round the edge and engraved concentric lines on the top: inside this frame is a figure of a lion just after a spring silhouetted against lapis, the engraved lines filled in with red and black. Found on the SE side of the the box.
11920C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. Types III and LXIII
11920D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. Types III and LXIII
10081E	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted.
10081F	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted.
10081G	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted.
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17545	(none)
(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
20073B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073E	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073F	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073G	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073H	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073I	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073J	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073K	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073L	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073M	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.