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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11741 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Lamp. Usual type. |
| 11744E | (none) | 1929,1017.275 | (none) | Beads. String of minute beads, gold, lapis & carnelian, with gold spacers giving 3 rows. | |
| 11763 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Cauldron (the bottom is prized up). |
| 11783 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Lamp. Usual shell type. Extreme L. 190mm |
| 11788 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pot. |
| 11792 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Oblong. |
| 11793 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. |
| 11794 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Broken, distorted & decayed hemispherical? Design incised & in relief-below, conventional mountains (engraved), above, in relief, procession of mountain goats. |
| 11804 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval with silver tubular handle-attachments. |
| 11861A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Copper Bowls. Hemispherical. A pair of the same size (1 broken in halves) |
| 11861B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Copper Bowls. Hemispherical. A pair of the same size (1 broken in halves) |
| 11902 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Tumbler. Fluted, with pattern at rim and the same(inverted) at base: under the base a rosette thus [Drawing of rosette] [Drawing of pattern at rim] |
| 11916A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two Copper disks. Slightly concave, like the pans of a scale. |
| 11917 | (none) | 1929,1017.632 | (none) | 3 Copper Vessels. (A) Shallow dish, circular with narrow trough spout; (B) similar; (C) A strainer, with handle (broken) | |
| 11918A | (none) | 1929,1017.635 | (none) | [A-C] Copper Tumblers. 10 in all. 3 sets, nested, of 3 each, and of 4. | |
| 11920A | (none) | 1929,1017.628 | (none) | [A-D] Copper Bowls. 6, one inside the other. one hemispherical (with small button base. One ditto, slightly smaller and 4 oval. Types III and LXIII | |
| 11921 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Jug. of the normal libation type with very long spout. [Drawing] Type XXIX |
| 11922 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Patten [Drawing] [Annotated] Type XXVIII |
| 11923 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Ladle. [Annotated] Type 2 [?] |
| 11924 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval, with verticular tubular handles. Type LXIII |
| 11925 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Dish (see Field Notes). [Annotated] Type LVI |
| 11999 | (none) | 1929,1017.643 | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval, with flat base & end ribs; at the sides, double tubular handle-rings of silver. Broken but complete. |
| 12123 | (none) | 1929,1017.650 | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III | |
| 12141A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper strainer. Poor condition. [B] Handle broken & part of bottom missing. Normal type. Plain, type V. Circular in section. |
| 12241 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper strainer. badly broken. Normal type. |
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