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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10824B | (none) | 1928,1010.127 | (none) | Tomb Group A. A large number of gold and lapis double conoids; order not ascertained owing to extreme confusion in soil. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. C. [C and G] Two copper pins with lapis ball heads. Second broken and decayed. Type V. D. Gold finger ring, plain gold wire on top and bottom, seven spiral gold wires between. E. [E and H] Two silver earrings; 2 1/2 coils each. F. Cockle shells containing brown, blue, and green paint. [I-K Ceramic Vessels not recorded on card, but recorded in UE II L Silver Armlet not recorded on card or in volume, but BM has recorded this object as belonging to this group.] |
| 10849 | (none) | 1928,1010.395 | (none) | Copper Bowl Flattened hemisphere: no base Type III | |
| 10850 | (none) | (none) | B17693 | Gold Bowl Oval (slightly distorted and flattened) of heavy and fairly pure gold: the sides fluted: engraved round the rim a double line of herring-bone pattern: the flutings end in points giving a chevron effect: the same 2 elements are repeated at the bottom against the raised oval base on which is engraved a 12-petalled rosette on a background of concentric elipses. At the middle of the sides level with rim. 2 handles each of 2 vertical gold tubes meant to take wire. | |
| 10851 | (none) | 1928,1010.4 | (none) | Gold Bowl Oval Plain, with raised oval base and slightly projecting rim: at each end is a strongly marked rib running from base to rim. In the centre of each side, just below the rim, is a double lug made of 3 short vertical gold tubes; through these pass the 2 strands of a loop handle made of a gold wire, square in section, and twisted to give a cable effect. |
| 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 | |
| 10856 | (none) | 1928,1010.400 | (none) | Copper Tray Or brazier (?) Supported on 5 feet in the form of bull's legs [drawing] [Type] LXXXI (not broken) |
| 10857 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Tumbler The straight sides are fluted and at the top the flutings end in points made by a double line chevron fashion, above which is a band of herring-bone design. (NB. the engraving not really visible) The vase is flattened & distorted [Type] LXVI |
| 10858A | (none) | 1928,1010.140 | (none) | [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing] |
| 10859 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Saucer With flat base and straight sides fastened by corrosion to the side of U.10855 [line drawing] See type 28 |
| 10860 | (none) | (none) | B17082B | Silver Libation Jug Type XXIX [drawing] Corroded on to this are the tumbler U.10861 and a silver vessel, broken, of uncertain shape, probably a bowl. | |
| 10861 | (none) | (none) | B17082a | Silver Tumbler Exactly like U.10857 Corroded on to U.10860 | |
| 10862 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Patten Umbilical, with flat border and raised rim Broken and distorted [Type] XXVIII |
| 10863 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Cup or small tumbler Straight-sided with flattened base Type XLIX |
| 10864 | (none) | 1928,1010.138 | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval With differentiated oval base, slight rim, and marked ribs at ends from base to rim: crushed and distorted. On the middle of each side, just below the rim, a lug made of a double silver tube to take a wire handle Type__ |
| 10865 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Originally circular: now broken and distorted: slightly raised circular flat base Probably hemispherical [Type] III |
| 10886 | (none) | (none) | B17081 | Silver Lamp Usual type: in good condition | |
| 10891 | (none) | (none) | B17077 | Silver Bowl Oval with 3 bands of fluting on the sides; 2 double silver wire handle is fixed to the 2 small lugs in the middle of each side Type LXXXIII | |
| 10892 | (none) | (none) | B17072 | Silver Tumbler Fluted sides, engraving round rim (flattened but intact) [Type] LXVI |
| 10893 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Tumbler Exactly like U.10892 one side damaged & a bit missing [Type] LXVI |
| 10894 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Tumbler Fluted Exactly like U.10892 badly broken |
| 10895A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted Exactly like U.10892 [type] LXVI |
| 10896A | (none) | (none) | B17072E | [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted one intact one broken Exactly like U.10892 [type] LXVI |
| 10897A | (none) | (none) | B17072A | [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted 1 intact, 1 broken Exactly like U.10892 [Type] LXVI |
| 10898A | (none) | (none) | B17072C | [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted Both intact Exactly like U 10892 [Type] LXXI | |
| 10901A | (none) | (none) | B16711 | [A-B] Silver Cockle Shells a pair fastened together by corrosion, presumably containing paint |
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