Akkadian Dynasty

Description:

The Akkadian Empire was centered in the city of Akkad and the surrounding region, uniting Semites and Sumerian speakers under one rule. During the 3^rd millennium BCE, Akkadian gradually replaced Sumerian as the spoken language. The empire reached its political peak following the conquest of its ruler, Sargon of Akkad. It reached from the Levant to Elam. It was preceeded by the Early Dynastic Period and succeeded by the Guti Period. The main rulers were Sargon, Rimush, Manishtushu, and Naram-Sin. It has been suggested that the decline of the empire was due in part to climate change, with rapidly increasing aridity, which led to drought and the collapse of trade networks.

Ultra Low Chronology

Short/Low Chronology: 2230-2050

Middle Chronology: 2340-2154 BCE

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
17828A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 archaic tablets all fat and oval
17828B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-C] 3 archaic tablets all fat and oval
17828O	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
17843	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Fragment only with part of inscription thus [reference to drawing] [drawing]
17875	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper bowl. With base ring. Type RC.116. [additional notes on back of catalog card][drawing]
18308A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(none)
18903E	35-1-437	(none)	(none)	Copper group: (A) Chisel. Type 2a (B) Chisel. Type 4a. (C) Saw (the tip missing) (D) Awl (broken). (E) Bowl, hemispherical; cracked and slightly crushed.
18911	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Distorted while wet; only one side inscribed.
18930G	(none)	(none)	(none)	(A) Gold hair-ribbon, spirally twisted, with hole at each end. (B) 2 earrings, gold lunate type intertwined with similar type in copper. [B and H] (C) copper finger ring, spirally wound wire. (D) two copper toe rings.[D and I] (E) beads: carnelian tube, large flat oval agate, gold balls and diamonds, gold ribbed balls , carnelian barrels and balls, carnelian double conoid, lapis double conoid and tubes, agate date-shaped: silver balls, (in original order). (F) copper reticule. (G) copper bowl, type 3.
18969	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper cauldron. In pretty good condition. The bottom has been strengthened by adding a piece of copper on the outside, which is rivetted on. Type 49
19018A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Group: (A) Copper bowl, Type III; (B)[B and F] Pair of small gold lunate earrings; (C) Copper bracelet; (D) Beads: carnelian tubes, square tubes, barrels and rectangular; gold balls; lapis date-shaped; large chalcedony flattened oval; (E) Fragment of gold ribbon from head.
19025	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper bowl. Type 3.
19036	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper goblet. Cracked and with a small piece missing. Type RC.119.
19133A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper vessels. \ [A] Bowl. Type 4; Inside it [B] a vase. Type 69
19133B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper vessels. \ [A] Bowl. Type 4; Inside it [B] a vase. Type 69
19134	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper cauldron. Type _. Inside it a copper bowl, Type 3(?) inverted: diam. circ.
19160	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper bowl. Type 3.
206	(none)	(none)	B14933	Mace-head, Alabaster half of Decorated with rope moulding in relief & inscribed: [Annotated] "To Sin, Rimush king of the world, when he had overthrown Elam and Barahse dedicated this from the Elamite booty" Duplicate of an inscription found at Nippur on a vase. See SAKI p. 162 (c) Vase C. [Annotated] Phil Photo 15 [Annotated] Duplicates - 206 [Crossed out] U.236
207	(none)	(none)	B14932	Mace-head Alabaster. Complete, except that top moulding is chipped away. Inscribed: [Annotated] Rimush king of Kish.
221	(none)	(none)	B14936	Mace. Head. Fr. of, in green crystal, jade color. Inscribed. [Annotated] Dedication by a king, name broken, who smashed the head of Warka and Ur [Annotated] Copied and trans-literated. Placed in P.R. [Annotated] UR R1 6
231	(none)	1923,1110.41	(none)	Stone vase. 4 fragments (of which 2 fit together) of a straight-sided bowl of dark steatite. On the outside, mythological scenes carved in relief - two-headed monster holding the horns of an ibex: another figure fighting serpentine beast: a lion: scorpions: fish, etc. On the inside, inscription. [Annotated] Drawing only [Annotated] Reg. Ins. 9
232	(none)	1923,1110.17	(none)	Stone vase. 3 fragments (2 of which joined together) of limestone bowl. On the outside, carved in relief, a seated goddess with 2 children and a standing god, and 5 figures of adorants. Also an inscription. [annotated] Drawn: see photo.
251	(none)	1923,1110.20	(none)	Fragment of stone jar. Inscribed by a king of the Akkad dynasty.
253	(none)	1923,1110.20	(none)	Fragment of stone jar. Inscribed by Rimush of Agade. Placed in IN/No 1.
263	(none)	1923,1110.21	(none)	Fragment of alabaster vase. Inscription of Rimus king of Agade, duplicate of U.206. Placed in IN/ No. 1.