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:
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 13658 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Fragment of round preSargonic (?) accounts. HC.403. |
| 13778 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical, with slightly defined circular base. Type III. |
| 13844 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Round Archaic accounts. HC.401 Stratum B. |
| 13890 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Tablet. Archaic. Beginning bara mas(?) - an-ni-pad HC.1405 (UET/II: 6 supp) |
| 14043 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Circular but with a square base having a slight boss at each corner. [drawing 2:5] |
| 14052 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Distorted. Type III. |
| 14060 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper cauldron. Much distorted. Type LVI. [drawing] |
| 14269 | 31-17-178 | (none) | (none) | Copper lamp with trough spout. Normal type. | |
| 10457B | (none) | (none) | B17298 | Silver Bowls 4 [A-D] Oxidised together 3 of oval type with little knob handles on the long sides, one hemispherical. Type __ Photo __ | |
| 10457C | (none) | (none) | B17299 | Silver Bowls 4 [A-D] Oxidised together 3 of oval type with little knob handles on the long sides, one hemispherical. Type __ Photo __ | |
| 8627B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper tray. ?type 85 (new). Shallow, circular, with beaten-up rim and wide spout flush with tray bottom. Type 13. Resting on this and corroded to it is [B] a copper object [drawing] of sheet copper 70mm wide, the ends bent up. [drawing 1:5] |
| 10024B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Lamps Silver, two were found, one inside the other: the outer lamp completely decayed, the inner in good condition. |
| 10052B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver Bowl 4 Oval - one inside the other. The 3 inner examples are well preserved and have small lapis handles: the outer bowl is much decayed. TYPE__ |
| 10052C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver Bowl 4 Oval - one inside the other. The 3 inner examples are well preserved and have small lapis handles: the outer bowl is much decayed. TYPE__ |
| 10052D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver Bowl 4 Oval - one inside the other. The 3 inner examples are well preserved and have small lapis handles: the outer bowl is much decayed. TYPE__ |
| 10895B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted Exactly like U.10892 [type] LXVI |
| 10896B | (none) | (none) | B17072 | [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted one intact, one broken Exactly like U.10892 |
| 10897B | (none) | (none) | B17072B | [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted 1 intact, 1 broken Exactly like U.10892 [Type] LXVI |
| 10898B | (none) | (none) | B17072D | [A-B] 2 Silver Tumblers Fluted Both intact Exactly like U 10892 [Type] LXXI |
| 10899B | 30-12-487 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two Silver Tumblers Fluted Both rather damaged Exactly like U 10892 [Type] LXVI | |
| 11916B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two Copper disks. Slightly concave, like the pans of a scale. |
| 12317C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Patten & [B] Ewer, & [C-D] 2 copper beakers. Making a set. All in very poor condition and broken. [Types listed, not correlated to objects, but are presumably in order indicated] [A]XXVIII, [B]XXIX, [C-D]XXIX. |
| 12317D | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Patten & [B] Ewer, & [C-D] 2 copper beakers. Making a set. All in very poor condition and broken. [Types listed, not correlated to objects, but are presumably in order indicated] [A]XXVIII, [B]XXIX, [C-D]XXIX. |
| (none) | (none) | (none) | B17449 | (none) | |
| 10436B | (none) | (none) | B16744b | Box (?) Semi-circular The body of [B] silver, the lid of [A] shell and lapis inlay. The lid is of soild shell with inlaid diamond decoration found round the edge and engraved concentric lines on the top: inside this frame is a figure of a lion just after a spring silhouetted against lapis, the engraved lines filled in with red and black. Found on the SE side of the the box. |
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