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

Long/High Chronology:

Objects: Akkadian Dynasty Export: JSON - XML - CSV

U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
9615A	(none)	(none)	(none)	(A) Copper Collender. [Type] 96 (new) (B) Copper Bowl. (Elliptical sides) [Type] LXIII (C) Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III A. was inside B, long handle and rim projecting outside it. C. was corroded with one end of B. Handle of A, broken. Types__[Later added as above]
9615B	(none)	(none)	(none)	(A) Copper Collender. [Type] 96 (new) (B) Copper Bowl. (Elliptical sides) [Type] LXIII (C) Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III A. was inside B, long handle and rim projecting outside it. C. was corroded with one end of B. Handle of A, broken. Types__[Later added as above]
9615C	(none)	(none)	(none)	(A) Copper Collender. [Type] 96 (new) (B) Copper Bowl. (Elliptical sides) [Type] LXIII (C) Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III A. was inside B, long handle and rim projecting outside it. C. was corroded with one end of B. Handle of A, broken. Types__[Later added as above]
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.
(none)	(none)	1927,0527.94	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1009.322	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.142	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.394	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.393	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1929,1017.630	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1930,1213.469	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1929,1017.642	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	(none)	B17545	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.620	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.536	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.538	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.840	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.557	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.631	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.556	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.555	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.630	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1928,1010.629	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1858,0101.1	(none)	(none)
(none)	(none)	1929,1017.603	(none)	(none)