EDIIIA
2600-2450
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 | |
| 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 |
| 10896A | (none) | (none) | B17072E | [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted one intact one broken Exactly like U.10892 [type] LXVI |
| 10897A | (none) | (none) | B17072A | [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 | |
| 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 |
| 10912B | (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 |
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