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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8058 | (none) | (none) | B17453 | Copper bowl. Oval or boat-shaped. The shape is probably exaggerated by the accidental bending inwards of the long sides. In poor condition and part of the base missing. LXIII. |
| 8059 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Shallow, with umbilical centre and pseudo-godrooned sides: the centre has been crushed flat but seems to have been convex. A handle was attached to the rim but is missing. Part of one side broken. Type 86 (new types). |
| 8123 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. |
| 8148 | (none) | 1928,1010.372 | (none) | Axe. Copper. Heavy type. | |
| 8157 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III. |
| 8176 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper cullender with handle. [drawing] Broken in antiquity but complete. Into it is forced a copper bowl diam 0055, ht 006 Practically hemispherical but with tall sides. Type LXXXVIII. |
| 8259 | (none) | 1928,1010.373 | (none) | Knife. Copper. Flat blade. Broken in 3 places and mended. [Type] II. Same type as U.8258. |
| 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. |
| 8285 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. Metal vase type 3 |
| 8294 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. Broken. Metal vase type 3. |
| 8316 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Two copper bowls. Fastened together by oxydation. both hemispherical: one in pretty good state, the other much bent. [Type] III. |
| 8333 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver bowl. Oval, or boat-shaped with nearly vertical sides. In very bad condition, but waxed in situ and preserved. The measurements give a rather false idea of the vessel owing to its being crushed badly out of shape. The base measures 0075x0045 and is slightly sunk: the original width was probably c. 014 [Type] LXIII. |
| 8360A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A and B] Copper bowls. Two, [A] one inside the other. [B]The outer one broken, the inner intact. [Type] III |
| 8360B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A and B] Copper bowls. Two, [A] one inside the other. [B]The outer one broken, the inner intact. [Type] III |
| 8379 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. [drawing] Type XIV. |
| 8449A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper cullender. [B] Copper bath shaped bowl. Cullender found inside copper bowl and corroded with it. Part of rim of cullender missing and base cracked. Copper bowl broken and fragmentary. [drawing] Cullender same type as U.7869. [Type] LXIII |
| 8449B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper cullender. [B] Copper bath shaped bowl. Cullender found inside copper bowl and corroded with it. Part of rim of cullender missing and base cracked. Copper bowl broken and fragmentary. [drawing] Cullender same type as U.7869. [Type] LXIII |
| 8450 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper ladle? or lamp In imitation of shell? with lip spout and wooden flooring inside single roll of copper at end of spout. Broken and mended. Portion of sides missing. [drawing] not to scale |
| 8480 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper sheath [drawing] 2:5 |
| 8481 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper vase with handle at top fixed into a hole in the neck of the vase and swiveling in it Broken and misshapen. Corroded with copper bowl U.8482 Metal vase type __ |
| 8482 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Bath shaped. LXIII. |
| 8483 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Bath shaped Part of rim broken Excellent condition [Type] LXIII |
| 8507 | (none) | 1928,1010.382 | (none) | Copper bowl and strainer Oxidised together, but both in pretty good condition. Strainer with handle (broken). Bowl, oval; one end broken. In the middle of each side, on outer rim, there is a coiled wire attachment for a handle (missing). [Type] LXIII | |
| 8532 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper spouted tray in form of a large shell. (cf. the actual shells as cut to shape) cf. U.8538, etc. [drawing] |
| 8536 | (none) | 1928,1010.480 | (none) | Clay offering table. Reddish clay. With incised ornament on stem. Broken but virtually complete. |
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