Early Dynastic / 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

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
14069B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper bowl. Oval shaped and [B] copper cullender, corroded together. Cullender has long handle with rolled end. Type LXIII.
12051A	(none)	1929,1017.629	(none)	[A] Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Inside it a [B] shallow cup of white limestone with nicked rim. [Type] XLIII.
8587A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper bowl. Oval [Type] LXIII. Broken. (in it was found [B] part of the jawbone of a sheep(?) preserved with it)
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
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
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
12317A	(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.
12317B	(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.
12317C	(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.
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.
12725B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper strainer and [B] copper bowl, oval shaped. Corroded together. [C] Also copper patten of type used with libation jug. [Type] LXIII.
12725C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper strainer and [B] copper bowl, oval shaped. Corroded together. [C] Also copper patten of type used with libation jug. [Type] LXIII.
12725A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper strainer and [B] copper bowl, oval shaped. Corroded together. [C] Also copper patten of type used with libation jug. [Type] LXIII.
12141A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper strainer. Poor condition. [B] Handle broken & part of bottom missing. Normal type. Plain, type V. Circular in section.
12141B	30-12-411	(none)	(none)	[A] Copper strainer. Poor condition. [B] Handle broken & part of bottom missing. Normal type. Plain, type V. Circular in section.
8627B	(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]
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]
18719A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Lead tumbler cover [for] [B] clay pot. Lead tumbler completely distorted, but approximate dimensions 8cm height x base 7 covering the neck of spouted jar type JNG sj3.
11837B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Silver Ewer & [B] Patten. Corroded together. Ewer usual libation. (one side badly broken). Patten, with foot & carinated rim (also badly broken).
11837A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Silver Ewer & [B] Patten. Corroded together. Ewer usual libation. (one side badly broken). Patten, with foot & carinated rim (also badly broken).
10855A	(none)	(none)	B17068	[A] Silver Pot A good deal distorted but complete [drawing] Type XXXIII Inside it and projecting above the rim is [B] a gold drinking tube of very thin metal much broken up
14462C	(none)	1930,1213.31	(none)	[B-E] 4 copper bull's hooves. Hammered over a bitumen core.
(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]
(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)	[Card Missing]