Description:

The Early Dynastic IIIa Period is marked by the beginning of syllabic writing, recording the full flow of human speech.  This led to the rise of literary texts, poems, histories, etc. instead of just economic documents.  Pu’abi and Meshkalamdug’s graves date to this period.  

Ultra-Low Chronology

Short/Low Chronology: 2500-2375 BCE

Middle Chronology: 2600-2450 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)
10457D (none) 1928,1010.145 (none) Oval, with oval base Found with silver lamp and calcite vase Type LXII
10458A (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458B (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458C (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458D (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458E (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458F (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458G (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458H (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458I (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458J (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458K (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458L (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458M (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458N (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458O (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458P (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10458Q (none) 1928,1010.146 (none) Silver Vessels [A-O] 15 goblets 42 (new) [P] 1 libation jug 83 (new) [Q] 1 flat tray 32 (new) Types__ Photo__
10460 (none) 1928,1010.133 (none) Silver Jug (?) Askos shape With 2 long lugs, pierced: through this runs a twisted silver wire of which the rest, attached to a spindle whorl-shaped object, perhaps the stopper, is inside the pot. Type 113? [drawing]
10461 (none) (none) B17073 Silver Bowl In bad condition Type__
10462 (none) 1928,1010.147 (none) Silver Pot [Type] XXXII [drawing] Inside it a silver bowl: and resting against the rim and projecting above it a silver drinking tube
10463 (none) (none) (none) Silver Lamp Usual shell type Type 115 (new)
10465A (none) (none) B17064 [A-B] Silver Lions heads two with inlaid eyes Photo
10473 (none) (none) (none) Copper Vessels A number, all corroded together, mostly tall tumblers, and with these a libation-jug and a pattern Types 43, 83, 32 (new)
10474 (none) (none) (none) Copper Vessels All corroded together

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