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)
10325	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Lamp With trough spout Shaped in imitation of a shell Normal type
10603	(none)	(none)	(none)	Tablet Fragment (UR III Dyn.) accounts: barley H.C. III.
10724	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Oval shaped. Distorted. Type LXIII
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__
10743	(none)	(none)	B16939	Copper Bowl Hemispherical Type__
10755	(none)	(none)	B16922	Gold Ribbon Coiled round forehead from ear to ear. Perforated at each end Narrower than usual
10759	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Cauldron Type 49 (new)
10760	(none)	(none)	(none)	Spouted Vase Copper Trough spout Type XXXIV New 98
10761	(none)	(none)	B17540	Copper Bucket With copper ring handle XXIII New 46
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.
11116	(none)	(none)	B17339	Copper Cauldron. Part of rim missing. Reed matting adheres in places to base and sides. Type II.
11120	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper Bowl. Flattened hemispherical. [Type] III
11121	(none)	(none)	B17359	Copper bowl. 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]
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.