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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8625 | (none) | (none) | B17451 | Copper bowl. Oval type. Originally provided with a long handle attached to the rim at the middle of the longer sides: this is missing. It was probably of thin (silver?) wire. | |
 | 8627A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper tray. ?type 85 (new). Shallow, circular, with beaten-up rim and wide spout flush with tray bottom. Type 13. Resting on this and corroded to it is [B] a copper object [drawing] of sheet copper 70mm wide, the ends bent up. [drawing 1:5] |
| 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 |
| 8777 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Broken - Part of rim and base missing. Human finger bones found within it. Metal vase type 4. |
| 8801 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic account tablet |
| 8825E | (none) | 1930,1213.647 | (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. |
| 8828 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Part of archaic account tablet |
| 8829 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Large fragment of large archaic tablet. |
| 8831 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Part of archaic account tablet. |
| 8832 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Part of small archaic account tablet. |
| 8841 | (none) | (none) | B17441 | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. Small portion of body missing. Fairly thick copper. [drawing] |
| 8901 | (none) | 1928,1010.379 | (none) | Silver bowl. A good deal distorted. {Drawing] [Type] III | |
| 8902 | (none) | 1928,1009.186 | (none) | Silver lamp. Base silver, in form of shell. [drawing] |
| 8903 | (none) | (none) | B17404 | Copper bowl. Oval and once provided with a (wire?) handle: no base ring or flattening. Type LXIII. | |
| 8906 | (none) | 1928,1010.386 | (none) | Copper bowl. Strainer and spouted bowl all fused together by oxidation. Types XCIX. [drawing] | |
| 8963 | (none) | 1928,1009.329 | (none) | Copper tumbler. Straight-sided. Slightly damaged. Type [XLIX crossed out] 42 (new) | |
| 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. | |
| 9054 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper vase Portion of lower part of one side missing Metal vase Type 17 |
| 9118 | (none) | (none) | B17010 | Copper tumbler Type XXVI. | |
| 9128 | (none) | (none) | B17538 | Copper vase. Type XLVI. | |
| 9172A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper bowls 2: one inside the other. Hemispherical, very light metal TYPE III |
| 9222 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Distorted Metal vase type 3 |
| 9223 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Bent and battered Metal vase type 3 Without grooved rim |
| 9334A | (none) | (none) | B17805 | Silver vases Spouted (A) In remarkably good condition, but the spout has been bent back touching the rim. (B) Exactly similar, but the lower part is broken and badly warped |
| 9334B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver vases Spouted (A) In remarkably good condition, but the spout has been bent back touching the rim. (B) Exactly similar, but the lower part is broken and badly warped |
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