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FiK. 1. SOME CORRELATION'S BETWEEN SOUTHERN MESOPOTAMIA AND THE GULF I

mi.'niN(D) r, makkan(M)
YEARS DC IN SUMERIAN (, AKOPIAN PERIOD GULF PARALLELS OBSERVATIONS
SOURCES
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3300
i
llruk: Archaic texts(D)? Late Uruk
H
3100
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JamJ.it Nasr: Pictographic*' ,JN sherd near Barbar late JN through ED ll-llla parallels,
texts(P) Hajjar stamp seal evidence of contact between Sumer and III
Jamdat Nasr
Dhahran stamp seal E.Arabia/Tarut, combined with lack of
contemporary occupation on Bahrain, ■
Hafit pottery suggest that early Sumerian references
2900 -Hafit bead spacer to Dilmun refer to E.Agabia/Tarut
Tarut pottery rather than Bahrain in
Hafit horizon JN pottery may be reflec­
tion of contacts between Sumerians
seeking Omani/Makkan copper and the
Abqaiq tomb pottery local inhabitants
Umm an-Nar seal-
impressed sherd later contact between Mari and Dilmun III
2750 •Hili 8 jar maybe foreshadowed by earlier contacts
Hill 8 plano­ between Syria $ the Gulf.indicated by
convex bricks seal-impressed sherd of "Syrian" type
from Umm an-Nar island
.Tarut lapis fig. H
Tarut plain stone
bowls
2600 Fara: Economic and
lexical tcxts(D) "serie ancienne" absence of "serie ancienne" chlorite
Kish: (D) pers. name? , on Tarut on Bahrain suggests Qalat occupation
Ebla: lexical toxts(D)4 'Tarut male statue post-dates ED ll-llla
Lagash: Umanse texts (D)
2500
Umm an-Nar settle­
ment pottery
prc-Barbar pottery
Lugalanda and Uruk- Omani copper at Ur
agina inscriptions(D) and Susa
2334
Sargon inscriptions(D,M) .Tarut pottery general decline in amount of archaeo­
logical material in E.Arabia/Tarut
of post ED date coincides with rise
of Bahrain, now probably to be con­
2254 Karam-Sin inscriptions(M) Akkadian sidered centre of Dilraun

2200 Gudea inscriptions (D,M) contact between Lagash and Makkan
Tarut pottery
City 1 triple- under Gudea, and Ur and Makkan in
2111 Ur-Namau (M) "grooved rims, later Ur 111 period, not readily
UET 111 (M) ring-based jars apparent in late Umm an-Nar period
Ur 111 Early "serie rccente" remains
chlorite on Tarut, inscribed early "serie reccnte" bowl
2025/17 Oman from Tello, reign of Amar-Sin
(2045-2037 BC)
1923 Gungunum
UET V, early Larsa(D) Isin-Larsa basal City 11 Isin-Larsa type tablet in basal city
tablet 11 on Bahrain, associated with earliest
early P.Gulf Persian Gulf seals; date confirmed by
seals Yale and Susa tablets impressed with
1822 Rin-Sin, late Larsa(D) Thaj cylinder seal P.Gulf seals; further confirmed by
UET V situation on Failaka where P.Gulf
_late "serie recente" seals and City 11 pottery appear above
1763 on Failaka, Tarut,
and in Gnan basal levels with post-Akk. and Ur 111
seals; Failaka is colonised now,
becoming part of Dilmun

Notes: 1. M.W. Green pers. comm.; 2. A.A. Vaiman, 'Uber die protosumerische Schrift,"Acta Antigua
Acad. Scient.Hung. XXII(1974):26. 3. For complete references to specific texts see Repertoire
Geographique dcs Textes Cuneiformes, Bd.l, Die Orts-und Gcwassemaaen der prasargonischen und
sargonischen Zeit, D.O. Edzard, G. Farber, E. Solberger 1977 Bd. 2, Die Orts-und Gcwasser-
naaen der 3.Dynastic von Ur, D.O. Edzard and G. Farber, 1974; Bd.3, Die Orts-und Gcwasser-
naaen der altbabylonischen Zeit, B. Groneberg, 1980. 4. G. Pettinato, Testi Lessicali MonolinRul
della Biblioteca L. 2769.Materiali Epigrafici di Ebla 3, Naples 1981 p.389
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