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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 15013 | (none) | 1930,1213.660 | (none) | Tablet. Fragment. A few signs. HC.2S47. |
| 15047 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Round tablet. HC.313 |
| 15163 | 31-17-13 | (none) | (none) | Lead tumbler. Part of top missing, hole in side. Distorted. Not in catalog. [drawing 2:5] | |
| 15409 | (none) | 1930,1213.46 | (none) | Copper spear. Type VI.A | |
| 1561 | (none) | 1924,0920.251 | (none) | Base of baked clay cone, with (originally) several narrow columns of inscription of which the first is preserved intact. Inscription of Enannatum I, governor of Lagash, referring to his work in connection with an IB-GAL of the goddess Quanna. |
| 15661 | (none) | 1930,1213.171 | (none) | Vase. Fragment. Alabaster. Part of 2 lines of dedication to a god NE...(possibley Ne-Dar??) writing irregular and probably very archaic. HC.21 |
| 16048 | (none) | 1931,1010.5 | (none) | Stone Inscription (pebble) Inscribed with quantities of silver, copper and ... Archaic script. HC.30/VII, 2 [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |
| 1696 | (none) | 1924,0920.396 | (none) | Alabaster vase. Fragment. With remains of archaic inscription. |
| 17875 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. With base ring. Type RC.116. [additional notes on back of catalog card][drawing] |
| 18212 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spouted copper bowl. Type RC.118 metal. [drawing] |
| 18232 | (none) | 1933,1013.1 | (none) | Stone vase. Fragments of stalagmitic calcite with deeply colored veining. Type. On it, part of an inscription. |
| 18372 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Complete. | |
| 18373 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Complete. |
| 18374 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Complete. | |
| 18375 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Complete. | |
| 18376 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Complete (one corner chipped). | |
| 18377 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Nearly complete. One corner missing. | |
| 18378 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Inscribed face complete. | |
| 18379 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. One end with 1 1/2 columns of inscription broken away | |
| 18380 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Complete. Very roughly shaped of pottery clay instead of tablet clay, fired. | |
| 18381 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Complete, but the inscription ruined by salt flaking. | |
| 18382 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet, fragment of. Archaic. | |
| 18383 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet, fragment of. Archaic. | |
| 18384 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet, fragment of. Archaic. | |
| 18385 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet, fragment of. Archaic. |
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