EDIIIB
2450-2340
Description: The Early Dynastic IIIb period is approximately the century before the Akkadian Empire. The beginning of this sub-period is hard to define, being based on stylistic changes in the material remains. It is marked by a change in glyphs and cylinder seals from a steep angling of figures into a compact frieze. This period has marginally more historical sources than the preceding sub-periods, mainly from the city-state of Lagash.
Ultra-Low Chronology:
Short/Low Chronology: 2375-2230
Medium Chronology: 2450-2340 BCE
Long/High Chronology:
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9118 | (none) | (none) | B17010 | Copper tumbler Type XXVI. | |
| 9128 | (none) | (none) | B17538 | Copper vase. Type XLVI. | |
 | 9172A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper bowls 2: one inside the other. Hemispherical, very light metal TYPE III |
| 9222 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Distorted Metal vase type 3 |
| 9223 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Bent and battered Metal vase type 3 Without grooved rim |
| 9608 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Rim broken Type III |
| 9670 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pan Like a deep frying-pan with long straight handle and circular bowl Type__ |
| 9885 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Lamp Imitation of shell with hollow trough spout [drawing] |
| 9974 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Much distorted but probably hemispherical [Type] III |
| 10001 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Cup Oval calabash type, with rib at end On the side, inscr: Mes-Kalam-dug |
| 10002 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Cup Hemispherical (nearly) with simple ridge round rim On one side inscription: Mes-Kalam-dug |
| 10003 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Cup Oval, calabash type Decorated with fluting and engraved patterns round the edge and on the base. The handles are vertical knobs of lapis lazuli between gold plates, secured by rivets. |
| 10004 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Lamp Ordinary flat shell type At the tip of the spout the metal is bent into a coil On the base inscr. "Mes-Kalam-dug" |
| 10013 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Drinking-cup (electrum?) apparently lathe spun: base formed by adding a small circular plate. Found with U.10,034 |
| 10024A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Lamps Silver, two were found, one inside the other: the outer lamp completely decayed, the inner in good condition. |
| 10031 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval, with base Exactly like the gold example from the same grave: the foot is slightly developed Base burst in TYPE__ |
| 10032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval A good deal distorted & cracked |
| 10033 | (none) | (none) | B17529 | Silver Bowl Oval Resembling U.10031 badly smashed up |
| 10034 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Bowl. (? electrum) Hemispherical with slight base broken nearly in halves. Found corroded to the copper tray (U.10036) and silver libation vase (U.10035). The decorated gold bowl, U.10003 was inside it, and so was the plain gold bowl U.10013 |
| 10035 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Libation Jug Silver In very good condition, but adhering to U.10036. [drawing 1:5] [struck out: XXVIII] Type 84 (new) |
| 10036 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Tray With deeply recessed centre and sloped circular rim [drawing 2:5] Type 30 (new) [struck out: XXIX] |
| 10052A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver Bowl 4 Oval - one inside the other. The 3 inner examples are well preserved and have small lapis handles: the outer bowl is much decayed. TYPE__ |
| 10080 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Cauldron Straight-sided with two small ring handles at rim [drawing] Type LI |
| 10081B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted. |
| 10081C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted. |
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