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)
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.
10081D (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.
10081E (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.
10081F (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.
10081G (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.
10081H (none) 1928,1010.392b (none) Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted.
10081I (none) 1928,1010.392c (none) Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted.
10081J (none) 1928,1010.392d (none) Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted.
10082 (none) (none) (none) Copper Bucket [drawing] not accurate [Type] XXII
10083 (none) (none) (none) Copper Cauldron Supported on four small bulls feet [drawing] approx. Type XLII
10084 (none) (none) (none) Copper Vase [drawing: approx.] Type XXXIII
10085 (none) (none) (none) Copper Jug (Bottom all gone) [drawing] Type XXXI
10086A (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper Bucket Exactly like U10082 q.v. but larger= ht. c. 020 but the pot is too distorted for accurate measurement Inverted over its mouth is a [B] shallow plate diam 017 with rim 0025 high [drawing] something like this [drawing] Type XXXVII
10086B (none) (none) (none) [A] Copper Bucket Exactly like U10082 q.v. but larger= ht. c. 020 but the pot is too distorted for accurate measurement Inverted over its mouth is a [B] shallow plate diam 017 with rim 0025 high [drawing] something like this [drawing] Type XXXVII
10087 (none) (none) (none) Copper Cauldron Much distorted and broken [drawing] Type II
10110 (none) (none) (none) Tablet Accounts. archaic. receipts of oil and honey? HC 51
10111 (none) (none) (none) Tablet Accounts Archaic HC 52
10112 (none) (none) (none) Tablet Accounts, archaic HC 53
10118A (none) (none) (none) Tablets? Two fragments of tablets with scratches conceivably representing archaic writing ???
10120 (none) 1930,1213.655 (none) Tablet Dusinan note: 2 (for?) ad-e or the major-domo HC 102
10121 (none) 1930,1213.658 (none) Tablet Small globular tablet: archaic "arad Lin-Ti(l)"
10122 (none) (none) (none) Tablet Small globular "tablet" archaic: "5 shekels weighed....... H.C. 57
10154 (none) (none) (none) Copper Bowl Long handle with ring attached through a hole perforated in end. Part of rim missing. Type LXXX.
10174 (none) (none) (none) Copper Bowl Distorted Type III
10175 (none) (none) (none) Copper Lamp In imitation of a shell; with shallow trough spout Type __

Child Terms

EDI-II - EDIIIA - EDIIIB