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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10473 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Vessels A number, all corroded together, mostly tall tumblers, and with these a libation-jug and a pattern Types 43, 83, 32 (new) |
| 10413 | (none) | (none) | B17340 | Copper Vessels a lamp, ordinary shell type fixed inside a shallow bowl with long handle (broken) & short splayed spout | |
| 8628 | (none) | 1928,1010.383 | (none) | Copper vase. Shaped rather like a samovar and carved with an open network of twisted silver wire. One end open and the edge here missing (it stood in the soil with this thin end uppermost) Type 12 |
| 12273 | 30-12-276 | (none) | (none) | Copper Vase. Champagne vase type. Much bent & distorted; part of rim missing. Type XXXIV. [drawing 2:5] | |
| 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) |
| 12241 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper strainer. badly broken. Normal type. |
| 7995 | (none) | 1928,1009.321 | (none) | Copper strainer. Badly broken and distorted. Normal type with broad rim and flat handle. 97. | |
| 10954 | (none) | (none) | B17539 | Copper Pot. [Type] XXVII. [drawing] | |
| 11788 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pot. |
| 12285 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Platter with lid. Circular dish with cover & handle in centre for removing same. [Type] XLI. [drawing] |
| 11922 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Patten [Drawing] [Annotated] Type XXVIII |
| 11741 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Lamp. Usual type. |
| 11783 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Lamp. Usual shell type. Extreme L. 190mm |
| 11569 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Lamp. Usual shell shape. One side badly broken & parts of it missing: otherwise well preserved. |
| 14269 | 31-17-178 | (none) | (none) | Copper lamp with trough spout. Normal type. | |
| 10565 | (none) | (none) | B17280 | Copper Lamp usual shell type | |
| 10955 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Ladle. With long tubular handle. Type LXXXII. [drawing] |
| 10997 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Ladle. Handle broken but complete. Type LXXXII [drawing] |
| 11923 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Ladle. [Annotated] Type 2 [?] |
| 11921 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Jug. of the normal libation type with very long spout. [Drawing] Type XXIX |
| 11925 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Dish (see Field Notes). [Annotated] Type LVI |
| 7869 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper cullender. Flat rim, thin metal: the cup pierced with 6 rows of small holes: handle made in one piece with rim, fairly solid, rectangular section, bent over at end, clearly having been in a wooden handle. [drawing] |
| 14060 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper cauldron. Much distorted. Type LVI. [drawing] |
| 11763 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Cauldron (the bottom is prized up). |
| 8626 | 98-9-1 | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Type 14. |
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