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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 12131 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Distorted. [Type] III. |
| 12168 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Distorted. [Type] III. |
| 11100 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. Type III. |
| 12123 | (none) | 1929,1017.650 | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III | |
| 12243 | 30-12-258 | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III. | |
| 12234 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] VII. |
| 11703 | (none) | (none) | B8547b | Copper Bowl. Oval in pretty good condition. Corroded on to it, in the inside, are a copper lamp and a hemispherical copper bowl. |
| 10724 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval shaped. Distorted. Type LXIII |
| 12294 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval type with silver tubular handle rims. [Type LXIII] |
| 8625 | (none) | (none) | B17451 | Copper bowl. Oval type. Originally provided with a long handle attached to the rim at the middle of the longer sides: this is missing. It was probably of thin (silver?) wire. | |
| 11804 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval with silver tubular handle-attachments. |
| 7994 | (none) | (none) | B17406 | Copper bowl. Oval, almost boat-shaped. In good condition but cracked. In it were several lumps of copper, apparently unformed. [type] LXIII. | |
| 11999 | (none) | 1929,1017.643 | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval, with flat base & end ribs; at the sides, double tubular handle-rings of silver. Broken but complete. |
| 11924 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval, with verticular tubular handles. Type LXIII |
| 11526 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Oval. |
| 9792 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Part of base missing. |
| 7964 | (none) | 1928,1009.323 | (none) | Copper bowl. Practically hemispherical. Fairly good condition. | |
| 8906 | (none) | 1928,1010.386 | (none) | Copper bowl. Strainer and spouted bowl all fused together by oxidation. Types XCIX. [drawing] | |
| 8626 | 98-9-1 | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Type 14. | |
| 19160 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Type 3. |
| 11979 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Type III. Hemispherical distorted but complete. |
| 17875 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. With base ring. Type RC.116. [additional notes on back of catalog card][drawing] |
| 12670 | 30-12-433 | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. With slight depressed spout. Type XV. | |
| 12437 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. [drawing] |
| 13583 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. [drawing] |
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