PJ
| Context Title: | PJ |
| Context Name (Excavation): | PJ |
| Context Name (Excavation): | Jemdet Nasr Cemetery |
| Context Description: | The excavation area abbreviation PJ originally referred solely to Pit J, later renamed Pit Y. The abbreviation then came to represent the expansion of the Royal Cemetery to the south from Pit Y, called Pit X. Pit Y uncovered many graves earlier than the Royal Cemetery that Woolley believed to come from the Jemdet Nasr period. This gave rise to the southern extension being conceived of as a Jemdet Nasr cemetery for which Woolley began assigning PJ numbers. From the beginning of Pit X, Woolley assigned PJG numbers rather than PG numbers. He quickly recognized that these upper graves were actually a continuation of the Royal Cemetery Akkadian burials and when he began to see the burials of the main Royal Cemetery period, he switched to PJB numbers. Below these he assigned JNG numbers to graves, continuing the sequence from Pit W excavated in the preceding year. Then he renumbered early graves in Pits Y and Z (dug 4 years prior) to follow the Pit X JNG sequence. There are very few references to the original Pit J. In fact, all catalog cards that utilize the PJ abbreviation come from the final season of excavation and all refer to Pit X. Any artifacts that have only the PJ designation and no further refinement of grave number come from the general area of Pit X and were not associated with a specific grave. These often have further notes such as 'upper levels' or other indication that they are from the dumping grounds near the surface of Pit X. |
| Season Number: | 08: 1929-1930 |
| Season Number: | 11: 1932-1933 |
| Season Number: | 12: 1933-1934 |
Files
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18880 | 35-1-77 | (none) | (none) | Beads. Gold double conoids, thin and poor, carnelian double conoids, rings, diamonds, and one ribbed date-shaped, and one pear-shaped with bleached pattern, [drawing] agate tubular and date-shaped, and lapis date-shaped. 49 in all. Restrung mostly in the original order. | |
 | 18881 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold earrings. Small lunate. |
| 18882 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Seated deity and two standing figures, and two columns of inscription. Chipped behind shoulder of seated figure. |
| 18884 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Very much worn and defaced. A seated deity and two standing figures, and a thrid standing figure by a door(?). |
| 18885 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. One side only inscribed. Intact. |
| 18888 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold earring. Lunate type, small. |
| 18889 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Seated Nin-gal, worshipper and symbols. |
| 18890 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper wire handle. One strand of what looks like properly drawn wire, twisted on itself. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18891A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold object: (A) Gold finger ring, a double hoop bending over the edges of a flat metal strip. section: [drawing] (B) [B and E] Pair of gold earrings, small lunate type. (C) Fragments of narrow gold ribbon spirally twisted. (D) A few small beads of carnelian (date-shaped) and balls of paste partly plated with thin gold leaf. |
| 18892 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Reverse badly damaged. |
| 18893 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. | |
| 18894 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay foundation cone, tip of stem of. |
| 18895 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay foundation cone, fragment of. A little more than one-half split away from the lower part of the stem. |
| 18896 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Two seated figures and a palm tree(?). |
| 18897A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper objects. [A] a pin, straight and with rounded head (type 8), [B-C] two bracelets and [D-G] four finger rings, together with [H] 4 beads, fixed together by oxidation. |
| 18899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Seated deity and two standing figures. Poor. |
| 18900 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis triangles and date-shpaed, 4 tubular; carnelian balls; larger limestone(?) balls; chalcedony flattened date-shaped. |
| 18901 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. 3 large crystal flattened date-shaped; 1 limestone ditto; 1 agate barrel; 3 steatite rings. |
| 18902 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Criss-cross lines? |
| 18903A | (none) | (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. |
| 18904 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Type S. 16 |
| 18905 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Type 2. |
| 18906 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axe. Type S.6. |
| 18907 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Type 8, with copper ring through the hole in the stem. |
| 18908 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper chisel. Type 4a. |
| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods | 1955 | Woolley, L. | (none) |
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Sibling Locations
Burnt Burial - Larsa Graves - PG/B - Pit A - Pit B - Pit C - Pit D - Pit E - Pit G - Pit H - Pit W - Pit Z - 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
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Context
Ur > Royal Cemetery | PG > PJ
References
Woolley, L. . (1955) Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods, Oxford: Oxford University Press.