Pit H
| Context Title: | Pit H |
| Context Name (Publication): | Pit H |
| Context Name (Excavation): | Pit H |
| Context Description: | Beginning in season 7, Woolley excavated a series of pits within the Royal Cemetery. He had already cut this area down about 10 meters from the surface, so it was an ideal location to go deeper to investigate the earliest occupation of the site. The only map of the location of these pits that Woolley published is found in Ur Excavations volume 4 in 1955, but it is demonstrably unreliable. Combining information from the field notes, the UE4 plan, and the UE4 stratigraphic profile helps to get closer to the actual sizes and locations, but most of these cannot be taken as exact. Pit H is probably the smallest of the pits in the Royal Cemetery. It does not appear on the stratigraphic profile but is clearly stated to have been located in the middle of chamber B of PG/779. This is a small chamber measuring only 2x2 meters and the pit therefore must be this size or smaller. Woolley reports reaching 2.5 meters above sea level in the pit, beginning at the level of the chamber only 5.65 meters above sea level. Its relatively small horizontal and vertical extents are almost certainly why it does not appear on the profile drawing. It is also approximately in line with Pit A at the angle of the stratigraphic profile and would thus be difficult to include. Finally, it may actually be that the pit was dug in season 8, though there is no firm indication of this. |
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Burnt Burial - Larsa Graves - PG/B - Pit A - Pit B - Pit C - Pit D - Pit E - Pit G - Pit W - Pit Z - PJ - Private Graves 1001-1100 - Private Graves 1101-1200 - Private Graves 1201-1300 - Private Graves 1301-1400 - Private Graves 1401-1500 - Private Graves 1501-1600 - Private Graves 1601-1700 - Private Graves 1701-1800 - Private Graves 1801-1850 - Private Graves 501-600 - Private Graves 601-700 - Private Graves 701-800 - Private Graves 801-900 - Private Graves 901-1000 - Private Graves Area | PGA - Royal Cemetery | PG1931 - Royal Cemetery | PG1932 - Seal Impression Strata | SIS - TTA - TTD - TTE - TTF - TTG