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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 12317D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Patten & [B] Ewer, & [C-D] 2 copper beakers. Making a set. All in very poor condition and broken. [Types listed, not correlated to objects, but are presumably in order indicated] [A]XXVIII, [B]XXIX, [C-D]XXIX. |
| 12708A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper bowl. Oval. [Type] LXIII. [B] (2) Copper lamp cut as a shell. Normal type. [C] (3) Copper pin. Type V B. Lapis ball head with copper caps. Badly broken. [D] (4) Beads. Broken carnelian lentoids, 2 lapis double conoids, 1 hematite double conoid. |
| 12708B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper bowl. Oval. [Type] LXIII. [B] (2) Copper lamp cut as a shell. Normal type. [C] (3) Copper pin. Type V B. Lapis ball head with copper caps. Badly broken. [D] (4) Beads. Broken carnelian lentoids, 2 lapis double conoids, 1 hematite double conoid. |
| 14462C | (none) | 1930,1213.31 | (none) | [B-E] 4 copper bull's hooves. Hammered over a bitumen core. |
| 10858B | (none) | 1928,1010.140 | (none) | [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing] |
| 10858C | (none) | 1928,1010.140 | (none) | [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing] |
| 10858D | (none) | 1928,1010.140 | (none) | [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing] |
| 11743D | (none) | 1929,1017.267 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743E | (none) | 1929,1017.268 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743F | (none) | 1929,1017.269 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743G | (none) | 1929,1017.270 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743H | (none) | 1929,1017.271 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743I | (none) | 1929,1017.272 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743J | (none) | 1929,1017.273 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 11743K | (none) | 1929,1017.274 | (none) | Beads. Long Carnelian bugles strung up with gold fluted balls. Also carnelian double conoids (see Field Notes). | |
| 10086B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Bucket Exactly like U10082 q.v. but larger= ht. c. 020 but the pot is too distorted for accurate measurement Inverted over its mouth is a [B] shallow plate diam 017 with rim 0025 high [drawing] something like this [drawing] Type XXXVII |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17449 | (none) | |
| 10436B | (none) | (none) | B16744b | Box (?) Semi-circular The body of [B] silver, the lid of [A] shell and lapis inlay. The lid is of soild shell with inlaid diamond decoration found round the edge and engraved concentric lines on the top: inside this frame is a figure of a lion just after a spring silhouetted against lapis, the engraved lines filled in with red and black. Found on the SE side of the the box. | |
| 11736B | (none) | 1929,1017.23 | (none) | [A-B] Gold Hair-rings. 2 spiral coils of gold wire. | |
| 11920B | (none) | 1929,1017.631 | (none) | [A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. | |
| 12542M | (none) | 1935,0113.771 | (none) | [A-T] Box of miscellaneous clay objects from the stratum (cf as U.12505) and some lumps of tablet clay with traces of archaic signs destroyed. |
| 11920C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. Types III and LXIII |
| 11920D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. Types III and LXIII |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.90 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.95 | (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