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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

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U Number	Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number)	Museum Number (BM Registration Number)	Museum Number (UPM B-number)	Description (Catalog Card)
19130	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Translucent calcite. Geometric.
19131	(none)	(none)	(none)	Beads. One carnelian facetted date-shaped and 3 long date-shaped; 5 large lapis double conoids, one lapis striated ball, small lapis balls, and lapis pendant. [drawing 1:1]
19132	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Zig-zag pattern.
19133A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper vessels. \ [A] Bowl. Type 4; Inside it [B] a vase. Type 69
19134	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper cauldron. Type _. Inside it a copper bowl, Type 3(?) inverted: diam. circ.
19135	35-1-194	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 106.
19136	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type 47.
19137	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Grey limestone. Type 20a.
19138	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type 16b. On one side is a roughly engraved large pentagon. [drawing of pentagon]
19139A	35-1-419	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Bronze axes. Type A. 1
19140A	35-1-416	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Bronze axes. Type A. 3
19141A	35-1-412	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Bronze adzes. Type 1
19142	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper pins. Type 2a.
19143	35-1-498	(none)	(none)	Copper pins. Type 4.
19144A	35-1-497	(none)	(none)	Copper pins. Type 8.
19145A	35-1-483	(none)	(none)	Copper pins. Type 1.
19146	35-1-480	(none)	(none)	Copper pins. Type 3.
19147A	35-1-499	(none)	(none)	Copper pins. Type 7.
19148	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper knives. Type 3.
19149A	35-1-426	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Copper knives. Type 7a.
19150A	35-1-424	(none)	(none)	Copper knives. Type 5.
19151A	35-1-423	(none)	(none)	Copper knives. Type 6.
19152	35-1-473	(none)	(none)	Bronze arrowheads. Type 1.
19153	(none)	(none)	(none)	Bronze arrowheads. Type 2.
19154D	35-1-506	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper reticules.