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

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
14045	(none)	1935,0113.801	(none)	Clay offering table. Badly smashed. Bottom missing. 4 bands of decoration round upper portion, 2 middle bands have incised criss-cross decoration. Top and bottom band consists of incised triangles.
14052	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Distorted. Type III.
14060	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper cauldron. Much distorted. Type LVI. [drawing]
14069A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper bowl. Oval shaped and [B] copper cullender, corroded together. Cullender has long handle with rolled end. Type LXIII.
14069B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper bowl. Oval shaped and [B] copper cullender, corroded together. Cullender has long handle with rolled end. Type LXIII.
14070A	31-17-176a	(none)	(none)	Copper cullender. Normal type with long handle and adhering to it a copper bowl, hemispherical.
14070B	31-17-176b	(none)	(none)	Copper cullender. Normal type with long handle and adhering to it a copper bowl, hemispherical.
14103	37-7-103	(none)	(none)	Seal impressions. Three more impressions from the same cylinder as 13970 adding a new city ideogram and some other signs and ornaments.. HC.218 UET II: 332).
14104	(none)	(none)	(none)	Jar sealings. Incised with rough linear figures which in most cases appear to be signs. HC.2006. UET II: 314)
14109	(none)	1930,1213.624	(none)	Seal impression. Traces of a few signs, of which UD is pictographic UET II: 321)
14120	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablets. Part of account tablet (practically nothing legible) (preserved for the same reason as 14119).
14121	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet(?) Same sign repeated several times. cf. 15006 (which is SIS 4) UET II: 292)
14131	(none)	1930,1213.611	(none)	Tablet. Round. Tablet of accounts (barley and meal) cf. the 1st case with U.13648: Presargonic cf. the name in Rev. 7 with U.13700, obv. 4. HC..303 UET II: 21 supp)
14132	(none)	(none)	(none)	Jar-sealing. Incised with inscription ...NI - LUGAL - LA(??) - BARA . UET II: 312)
14134	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Meaningless scriblings? a new type of writing? cf. 14715 HC.[1505 crossed out] 2S.14 UET II: 249)
14135	(none)	1930,1213.651	(none)	Tablet. Fragment of accaounts. SIS 4 type. HC.2S.10; UET/II:245.
14169	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression (not evident if Jar-sealing) Inscription: ub ud-nun (=Adab) Su-dingir-sar+DU (=Kes) (??) Ses+AB (=Ur) and picture of a bird. So apparently picture writing and sign writing mingled. (cf. U.14170, U.13881) HC. UET II: 323)
14170	(none)	1930,1213.461, 19301213.46	(none)	Seal impression (rather a tablet than a jar-sealing?) Inscription at least 5 cases including more than 10 signs and picture of Oxs head. (cf. U.14169 & also U.13881) HC.14170 UET II: 324)
14171	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment. Accounts. (SIS 4 type) HC.2311 UET II: 246)
14172	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Half of an account tablet. Traces of seal impression . SIS 4 type. HC.2S.12 UET II: 247)
14173	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Fragment. Accounts. (SIS 4 type) HC.2S.13 UET II: 248)
14179	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Complete. Accounts (sheep) (SIS 4 type?) HC.2S.17. UET II: 252)
14180	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. SIS 4 type. HC.2S.18 UET II: 253)
14181	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet. Accounts. SIS 4 type (HC.2S.19) UET II: 254, UET/VIII:25)
14188	(none)	(none)	(none)	Seal impression. Inscription. HC.223. UET II: 322).