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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1036 | (none) | 1923,1110.80 | (none) | Clay Vase. Handmade. Reddish clay with white slip. [drawing] | |
| 10310 | (none) | 1928,1010.319 | (none) | Copper Dagger Long tang with 3 rivets Flat blade [drawing] [Type] 5? | |
 | 10175 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Lamp In imitation of a shell; with shallow trough spout Type __ |
| 10174 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Distorted Type III |
| 10154 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Long handle with ring attached through a hole perforated in end. Part of rim missing. Type LXXX. |
| 10122 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet Small globular "tablet" archaic: "5 shekels weighed....... H.C. 57 |
| 10121 | (none) | 1930,1213.658 | (none) | Tablet Small globular tablet: archaic "arad Lin-Ti(l)" |
| 10120 | (none) | 1930,1213.655 | (none) | Tablet Dusinan note: 2 (for?) ad-e or the major-domo HC 102 |
| 10118A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablets? Two fragments of tablets with scratches conceivably representing archaic writing ??? | |
| 10112 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet Accounts, archaic HC 53 |
| 10111 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet Accounts Archaic HC 52 |
| 10110 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet Accounts. archaic. receipts of oil and honey? HC 51 |
| 10087 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Cauldron Much distorted and broken [drawing] Type II |
| 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 |
| 10086A | (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 |
| 10085 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Jug (Bottom all gone) [drawing] Type XXXI |
| 10084 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Vase [drawing: approx.] Type XXXIII |
| 10083 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Cauldron Supported on four small bulls feet [drawing] approx. Type XLII |
| 10082 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bucket [drawing] not accurate [Type] XXII |
| 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. |
| 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. | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
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