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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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). | |
| 11744E | (none) | 1929,1017.275 | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
 | 8294 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. Broken. Metal vase type 3. |
| 8285 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. Metal vase type 3 |
| 8057 | (none) | (none) | B17443 | Bowl. [CARD MISSING] | |
| 8123 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. |
| 10436A | (none) | (none) | B16744A | 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. | |
| 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. | |
| 11675 | (none) | 1929,1017.61 | (none) | Calcite Bowl. Fragment. Dedication by a King of Ur: name mostly broken: possibly Mes-ki-ag-nun of 1st. Dyn.? |
| 13682 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment of large cone of unidentfied Larsa King. New inscription. HC..7 |
| 13606 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment. En-Te-me-na. Inscription about 011 long, two columns. Reference not required. HC.1929/30/-3. |
| 14719 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay fragment. A few signs (v. archaic) HC.2S32 |
| 14045 | (none) | 1935,0113.801 | (none) | Clay offering table. Badly smashed. Bottom missing. 4 bands of decoration round upper portion, 2 middle bands have incised criss-cross decoration. Top and bottom band consists of incised triangles. | |
| 13568 | (none) | 1935,0113.798 | (none) | Clay offering table. Baked. Incised reticulated pattern on stem.. | |
| 8536 | (none) | 1928,1010.480 | (none) | Clay offering table. Reddish clay. With incised ornament on stem. Broken but virtually complete. | |
| 13715B | (none) | 1930,1213.302 | (none) | Clay pans. Low straight sides. 3 broad ribbon loop handles which bend down inwards and are attached to the base of the bowl inside about halfway between the center and the circumference. A = 2 handles broken and missing. Red clay with whitish slip. B Complete except for a chip : greenish clay. Not in Cat of Vol. IV | |
| 12A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Coarse yellow-drab clay, wheelmade, round base. Broken. Type III (v.) |
| 18392 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay roundel. Very roughly made. With archaic signs incised on one face. |
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