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: 

 

Objects: EDIIIA 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)
10892 (none) (none) B17072 Silver Tumbler Fluted sides, engraving round rim (flattened but intact) [Type] LXVI
10893 (none) (none) (none) Silver Tumbler Exactly like U.10892 one side damaged & a bit missing [Type] LXVI
10894 (none) (none) (none) Silver Tumbler Fluted Exactly like U.10892 badly broken
10895A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted Exactly like U.10892 [type] LXVI
10895B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted Exactly like U.10892 [type] LXVI
10896A (none) (none) B17072E [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted one intact one broken Exactly like U.10892 [type] LXVI
10896B (none) (none) B17072 [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted one intact, one broken Exactly like U.10892
10897A (none) (none) B17072A [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted 1 intact, 1 broken Exactly like U.10892 [Type] LXVI
10897B (none) (none) B17072B [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted 1 intact, 1 broken Exactly like U.10892 [Type] LXVI
10898A (none) (none) B17072C [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted Both intact Exactly like U 10892 [Type] LXXI
10898B (none) (none) B17072D [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted Both intact Exactly like U 10892 [Type] LXXI
10899A 30-12-487 (none) (none) [A-B] Two Silver Tumblers Fluted Both rather damaged Exactly like U 10892 [Type] LXVI
10899B 30-12-487 (none) (none) [A-B] Two Silver Tumblers Fluted Both rather damaged Exactly like U 10892 [Type] LXVI
10900 30-12-488 (none) (none) Silver Tumbler Fluted Exactly like U 10892 Half or rim broken off (preserved) corroded on to a piece of copper [Type] LXVI
10901A (none) (none) B16711 [A-B] Silver Cockle Shells a pair fastened together by corrosion, presumably containing paint
10902 (none) (none) B17070 Silver Bowl Hemispherical with low circular base Type III
10903 (none) (none) (none) Silver Bowl hemispherical with slightly raised base (badly distorted) [Type] III
10904 (none) (none) B17071 Silver Bowl Hemispherical with slight base, part of rim missing Type III
10905 (none) (none) (none) Silver Bowl Hemispherical with slight base distorted, and the rim chipped [Type] [struck out: "III"]
10906 (none) (none) (none) Silver Bowl orig. hemispherical with slight base; broken & distorted Type III
10907 (none) (none) B17069 Two Silver Bowls corroded together. both very badly distorted Measurements impossible Type__
10908 (none) (none) (none) Silver Bowl Fragment only Orig. hemispherical with slight base. Type III
10909 (none) (none) (none) Silver Bowl Orig. hemispherical with slight base (broken & distorted) Type III
10910 (none) (none) B17548 Silver Pot apparently thus- but squashed right in [drawing] (inside it is part of the lapis rod U.10911) Type [struck out: "XXXIII"]
10912A (none) (none) (none) Metal Vases A= Silver saucer with straight sides Type 28 (new) B= Corroded on to this are 2 copper bowls, one inside the other: both alike; hemispherical with slight base [Type] III

Related Terms

EDI-II - EDIIIB