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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19067 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 1. |
| 19068 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone tumbler. White limestone. Type 13 |
| 19069 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Probably cut down from a vase of Typw 86; the neck remade and 4 small holes pierced just below the new rim for affixing a lid. |
| 19070 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type 20b. |
| 19071 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Two gazelles ? |
| 19072 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two registers: above, a banquet scene; below, eagle grasping 2 gazelles. |
| 19073 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis lazuli. Two large date-shaped and a number of small balls. |
| 19074 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis, small balls, ovals and double conoids; carnelian balls; silver balls. |
| 19076 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings, date-shaped and tubular; paste date-shaped(1); lapis double conoid, barrel and tube; and small paste rings; 2 lapis frog amulets. |
| 19077 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. One large carnelian date-shaped, and a number of small date-shaped beads of dark steatite (?) |
| 19078 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold earring. Heavy hoop with overlapping ends, slightly lunate. |
| 19080 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. All-over guilloche pattern. |
| 19081 | (none) | 1935,0112.41 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Hunters fighting animals. |
| 19082 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Steatite, dark grey. Type 41. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. |
| 19083 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type 19a. |
| 19084 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite. Type 16b. |
| 19085 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Fragment of bowl. Dark greenish steatite, the surface carved with a pattern, carved in relief, of two sorts, very fine work. [drawing of patterns] |
| 19086 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inlay, or gaming pieces and inlay. 7 shell squares each originally engraved which were inlaid between borders of narrow brown wood(?) strips: also 5 shale disks each inlaid with 5 large white dots and 1, 2, or 3 small red dots; and two square shale pieces each inlaid with 5 white dots (probably there were more which were lost); the shell squares are inlay, the others may be gaming pieces. [drawing 1:1] |
| 19088 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type 48. |
| 19089 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Conch shell. Cut as a lamp with bird's head engraved at the top of the opening. |
| 19090 | (none) | 1935,0112.54 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Copper. Much corroded but apparently in good condition. |
| 19092 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite (in fragments). Type 41. |
| 19093 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. carnelian rings; lapis and steatite(?) tubes; lapis rings and ovals. |
| 19094 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian balls and lapis double conoids. |
| 19095 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite, broken and rivetted in antiquity. Type 16b |
| 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.