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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19168 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone jar. Veined calcite. Type 89 |
| 19169 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Type 66. |
| 19170 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 76. |
| 19172 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White limestone. Type 89 |
| 19173 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type 24. Along the edge of the rim is a pattern of chevrons and dots, lightly engraved. |
| 19174 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Translucent, white calcite. Type... |
| 19175 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Fine white limestone. Type 15A. |
| 19176 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type 16A. |
| 19177 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone. Type 18 |
| 19178 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 89 |
| 19179 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type 41. |
| 19181 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis and carnelian double conoids, Lapis ovals. Carnelian rings. Large cats-eye and white calcite truncated triangle. |
| 19182 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings and balls; lapis double conoids, ovals and tubes; lapis diamond (large) and one large carnelian. |
| 19183 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Lapis double conoids, large, carnelian double conoids, long date-shaped and dated-shaped. |
| 19184 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Two long carnelian tubes and 13 carnelian date-shaped, and 4 lapis ditto. |
| 19185 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Carnelian date-shaped (short): lapis date-shaeped, double conoid and one flattened cylinder. |
| 19186A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) 2 gold earrings each made of spirally coiled gold wire.; [A and D] (B) Beads. Small lapis date-shaped with ring grooving, carnelian rings and gold-fluted balls; 1 large carnelian flattened date-shaped.; (C) Copper pin, Type 1. With ball head of steatite(?) capped with gold. Broken. |
| 19187 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone base. White calcite. Type 61a. Rim incomplete. |
| 19188 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Seated god and 2 standing figures. Inscription: Ibkusha, son of Lu-Enlilla (C.J.G.) |
| 19189 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 65. |
| 19190 | (none) | 1935,0112.27 | (none) | Copper pin. Type 6. [drawing] head thus. | |
| 19192 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 86. |
| 19193 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Miniature. White limestone. Type 60b., variant. |
| 19194A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A)[A and C] Pair of gold earrings, 3 hoops of spirally coiled wire.; (B) Beads. Lapis double conoids and balls, and ribbed lapis cylinder; carnelian rings, date-shaped and double conoid; quartzite truncated triangle pendant; small lapis pendant of seated cow. |
| 19195A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Pair of gold earrings, 3 hoops of spirally coiled gold wire.; (B) Silver earrings, a pair , similar to the gold; unusually well-reserved.; [B and D] (C) Beads. Lapis balls and ovals, small, with some carnelian rings, and some silver balls. |
| 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.