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Archaeological Periodisation
Periodisation Systems
| Traditional | Alternative | ARCANE | Chicago System (Diyala Region) | Palaeographic Period |
| Late Uruk | Uruk IV | ESM 1 | Protoliterate B | |
| Jemdet Nasr | Uruk III | ESM 2 | Protoliterate C-D | |
| Early Dynastic I | ESM 3 | Late Protoliterate D | Archaic (Ur texts) | |
| Early Dynastic II | uncertain | |||
| Early Dynastic IIIa | ESM 4a | Fara (Fara and and Abu Salabikh texts) | ||
| Early Dynastic IIIb | Protoimperial | ESM 4b | ||
