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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 20073N | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type. |
| 12843 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic accounts. |
| 12899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic accounts. Perfect. (no numerals) |
| 12916 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic accounts. |
| 12580 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Account. Surface much broken. |
| 14730 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. HC.2S43. |
| 14840 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Fragment. SIS 4 Accounts. HC.2S56 |
| 14181 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Accounts. SIS 4 type (HC.2S.19) UET II: 254, UET/VIII:25) |
| 9786A | (none) | (none) | B17000 | [A-B] Silver wire ornaments Apparently 7, of which 6 are whole or nearly so [drawing] They seem to have been connected with silver headdress 9785, with which they were found, and might have been attached to a narrow silver ribbon found with it, or to the string of very small beads: they were not with the gold rings |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 258 | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 10118A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablets? Two fragments of tablets with scratches conceivably representing archaic writing ??? | |
| 12953 | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| 12060A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| 12816A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 12816B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 12818A | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 12818B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 12818C | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 12818D | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 12818E | (none) | (none) | (none) | (none) |
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