Akkadian Dynasty

Description:

The Akkadian Empire was centered in the city of Akkad and the surrounding region, uniting Semites and Sumerian speakers under one rule. During the 3^rd millennium BCE, Akkadian gradually replaced Sumerian as the spoken language. The empire reached its political peak following the conquest of its ruler, Sargon of Akkad. It reached from the Levant to Elam. It was preceeded by the Early Dynastic Period and succeeded by the Guti Period. The main rulers were Sargon, Rimush, Manishtushu, and Naram-Sin. It has been suggested that the decline of the empire was due in part to climate change, with rapidly increasing aridity, which led to drought and the collapse of trade networks.

Ultra Low Chronology

Short/Low Chronology: 2230-2050

Middle Chronology: 2340-2154 BCE

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
10730	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl Hemispherical Part of Bottom Missing [Type] III
10731	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl Hemispherical Part of rim missing [Type] III
10736	(none)	1928,1010.385	(none)	Copper Vase Oval Calabash Type with low rectangular handles shaped thus [drawing] in middle of long sides against lid Type__
10759	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Cauldron Type 49 (new)
10760	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spouted Vase Copper Trough spout Type XXXIV New 98
10763B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Pin with copper ball head corroded on to a flattened hemispherical copper bowl Pin perforated through upper portion of stem to admit a copper ring. Copper bowl in poor condition and distorted Type V [drawing]
10769	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. A few lapis double conoid beads found within. These formed a bracelet.
10774	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl Hemispherical [Type] III New 4
10785	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group of copper vases Corroded together Including an oval bowl, and a hemispherical bowl Type LXIII
10786	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Beaker. Bent and battered. Normal type. Type 49.
11100	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper bowl. Hemispherical. Type III.
11120	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Flattened hemispherical. [Type] III
11122	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper bowl. Hemispherical Broken in 2 pieces.
11217	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical.
11479	30-12-431	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Cracked & a fragment missing from the base. [type] III
11495	(none)	1929,1017.514	(none)	Copper Knife. Type 9b near. [drawing 1:4]
11550B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group of silver vessels. Miniatures. (A-C) three silver bowls, oval with gold tubular handle-rings. All corroded together, and fixed on to them [D] a silver tumbler.
11550C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group of silver vessels. Miniatures. (A-C) three silver bowls, oval with gold tubular handle-rings. All corroded together, and fixed on to them [D] a silver tumbler.
11550A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group of silver vessels. Miniatures. (A-C) three silver bowls, oval with gold tubular handle-rings. All corroded together, and fixed on to them [D] a silver tumbler.
11551	(none)	(none)	(none)	Gold Cup. Miniature. Base square & sides change to an oval (possibly this is accidental & the original form was circular above, but the cup has been slightly crushed). Type 16 variant.
11684	(none)	1928,1010.832	(none)	Seal Impressions. Fragment of circular clay with impression of very well drawn bull with head in position. Inscription of Scribe of Sargons daughter. Other side-impression of another OX.
11746	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bucket. With loop swing handle. Detail of handle; two vertical tubes soldered to rim: a wire passed through these looped above and turned up below: this goes through a loop in the end of the handle.
11826B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group of Copper Objects. Oxidized together. [A] (1) Copper Pin; type I. [B] (2) Copper Bowl: hemispherical. [C] (3) Copper Tumbler(?) or box(?) (the top not visible, being inside the bowl).
11845	(none)	1929,1017.520	(none)	Copper Knife. Type II. A. (3 rivets in long tang), and corroded onto it a copper reticule.
11869	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Hemispherical.