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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 578 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of Jar sealing. Stamped with a round seal, sowing winged composite figure. | |
 | 266 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of alabaster vase. Rudely inscribed, only first sign of three lines remain. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 272 | (none) | 1923,1110.16 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster bowl. Ends of lines of a rudely scratched inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 805 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Diorite statue. Of Entemena. Found in burnt layer on Nabonidus pavement before the inner doorway of the Ziggurat gate in the SW temenos wall. Headless. Long inscription on rt. upper arm and across back of shoulders. Wears usual fleece skirt: hands clasped below breasts. |
| 8981 | (none) | (none) | B16852 | Cylinder Seal. Lapis. 2 registers: below: 1 man, fighting animals. Above, human figure with rampant animals on each side and inscription of NIN-TUR-NIN. | |
| 10081J | (none) | 1928,1010.392d | (none) | Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted. |
| 10081B | (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. |
| 10081C | (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. |
| 10081D | (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. |
| 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. |
| 10081I | (none) | 1928,1010.392c | (none) | Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted. | |
| 10081H | (none) | 1928,1010.392b | (none) | Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted. | |
| 11540A | (none) | 1929,1017.633 | (none) | Copper vessels. An oval bowl and inside it a hemispherical bowl. Also fragments of a long-handled strainer. [Type] LXIII, III |
| 10081A | (none) | 1928,1010.392a | (none) | Copper Vessels Bowls, cups & tumblers A mass of perhaps thirty, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted | |
| 10474 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Vessels All corroded together |
| 10473 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Vessels A number, all corroded together, mostly tall tumblers, and with these a libation-jug and a pattern Types 43, 83, 32 (new) |
| 10413 | (none) | (none) | B17340 | Copper Vessels a lamp, ordinary shell type fixed inside a shallow bowl with long handle (broken) & short splayed spout | |
| 8282 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper vessel. Boat shaped with highly convex sides almost meeting at the top. Slightly concave base. Broken & fragmentary. [drawing] c. 1:2 [Type] LXIII. |
| 8628 | (none) | 1928,1010.383 | (none) | Copper vase. Shaped rather like a samovar and carved with an open network of twisted silver wire. One end open and the edge here missing (it stood in the soil with this thin end uppermost) Type 12 |
| 12273 | 30-12-276 | (none) | (none) | Copper Vase. Champagne vase type. Much bent & distorted; part of rim missing. Type XXXIV. [drawing 2:5] | |
| 19123 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper vase. Type 120. |
| 9128 | (none) | (none) | B17538 | Copper vase. Type XLVI. | |
| 10084 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Vase [drawing: approx.] Type XXXIII |
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