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)
10554 (none) (none) B17067 Silver Bowl Oval, with cone base Type__
10565 (none) (none) B17280 Copper Lamp usual shell type
10568 (none) (none) B17439 Copper Bowl With small circular base, flat
10583 (none) (none) (none) Silver Goblet Plain Crushed flat [Type] [struck out: "LXII"] XLIX
10588A (none) (none) B16740A Head ornament. A. Gold Ribbon B. Wreath of lapis and carnelian beads with gold mulberry-leaf pendants. C. [.1-.2] Large Gold Lunate Earrings D. Remains of silver head ornament with inlaid rosette petals [Drawing] E. [.1-.2] Silver wire spiral coil earrings. F. A silver pin, circular in section. Lapis ball head broken off. G. Silver and gold double conoids single string-gold and silver alternate.
10818A (none) (none) B17590 Tomb Group A. A few odd beads round neck; decayed silver double conoids, one or two carnelian rings. B. [B and F] Pair of cockle shells corroded together, containing black paint. C. Decayed copper pin, rectangular in section. Type III variant. D. Few decayed shell rings worn on breast, probably originally a belt. E. Fragments of silver earrings
10823E (none) (none) (none) Tomb Group A. Necklace of gold and lapis lazuli double conoids and long carnelian facetted lentoids. B. [B and I] 2 silver earrings, 2 1/2 coils. C. A lapis lazuli cylinder seal in 2 registers. Banquet scene. Above, four seated figures, 2 of whom are sucking from straws: below, shrine gate, a porter, 3 seated figures 2 of whom suck straws. The straws are placed in jars which stand upon a ring headed, others have perfect circles in place of a head. D. Silver pin with lapis ball head and gold leaf cap. Head broken from stem. Type V. E. Fluted silver beaker, sides compressed. F. Fragments of a silver ribbon head band. G. Rings forming a silver belt. H. Cockle shells containing paint. I. A Pair of large double lunate gold ear rings J. A gold ear ring in 2 1/2 coils
10850 (none) (none) B17693 Gold Bowl Oval (slightly distorted and flattened) of heavy and fairly pure gold: the sides fluted: engraved round the rim a double line of herring-bone pattern: the flutings end in points giving a chevron effect: the same 2 elements are repeated at the bottom against the raised oval base on which is engraved a 12-petalled rosette on a background of concentric elipses. At the middle of the sides level with rim. 2 handles each of 2 vertical gold tubes meant to take wire.
10851 (none) 1928,1010.4 (none) Gold Bowl Oval Plain, with raised oval base and slightly projecting rim: at each end is a strongly marked rib running from base to rim. In the centre of each side, just below the rim, is a double lug made of 3 short vertical gold tubes; through these pass the 2 strands of a loop handle made of a gold wire, square in section, and twisted to give a cable effect.
10855A (none) (none) B17068 [A] Silver Pot A good deal distorted but complete [drawing] Type XXXIII Inside it and projecting above the rim is [B] a gold drinking tube of very thin metal much broken up
10856 (none) 1928,1010.400 (none) Copper Tray Or brazier (?) Supported on 5 feet in the form of bull's legs [drawing] [Type] LXXXI (not broken)
10857 (none) (none) (none) Silver Tumbler The straight sides are fluted and at the top the flutings end in points made by a double line chevron fashion, above which is a band of herring-bone design. (NB. the engraving not really visible) The vase is flattened & distorted [Type] LXVI
10858A (none) 1928,1010.140 (none) [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing]
10858B (none) 1928,1010.140 (none) [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing]
10858C (none) 1928,1010.140 (none) [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing]
10858D (none) 1928,1010.140 (none) [A-C] Silver Vessels a set of 3 silver tumbers exactly like U.10857, corroded together Fixed on to these by corrosion is a [D] silver scoop or ladle Type LXXX [drawing]
10859 (none) (none) (none) Silver Saucer With flat base and straight sides fastened by corrosion to the side of U.10855 [line drawing] See type 28
10860 (none) (none) B17082B Silver Libation Jug Type XXIX [drawing] Corroded on to this are the tumbler U.10861 and a silver vessel, broken, of uncertain shape, probably a bowl.
10861 (none) (none) B17082a Silver Tumbler Exactly like U.10857 Corroded on to U.10860
10862 (none) (none) (none) Silver Patten Umbilical, with flat border and raised rim Broken and distorted [Type] XXVIII
10863 (none) (none) (none) Silver Cup or small tumbler Straight-sided with flattened base Type XLIX
10864 (none) 1928,1010.138 (none) Silver Bowl Oval With differentiated oval base, slight rim, and marked ribs at ends from base to rim: crushed and distorted. On the middle of each side, just below the rim, a lug made of a double silver tube to take a wire handle Type__
10865 (none) (none) (none) Silver Bowl Originally circular: now broken and distorted: slightly raised circular flat base Probably hemispherical [Type] III
10886 (none) (none) B17081 Silver Lamp Usual type: in good condition
10891 (none) (none) B17077 Silver Bowl Oval with 3 bands of fluting on the sides; 2 double silver wire handle is fixed to the 2 small lugs in the middle of each side Type LXXXIII

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