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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)
20073N	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
19140A	35-1-416	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Bronze axes. Type A. 3
19140B	35-1-413	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Bronze axes. Type A. 3
19140C	35-1-417.2	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Bronze axes. Type A. 3
19140D	35-1-415	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Bronze axes. Type A. 3
19140E	35-1-417.1	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Bronze axes. Type A. 3
19154D	35-1-506	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper reticules.
19154C	35-1-507	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper reticules.
19154B	35-1-508	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper reticules.
19154A	35-1-509	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper reticules.
19149D	35-1-429	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper knives. Type 7a.
19149A	35-1-426	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Copper knives. Type 7a.
19149C	35-1-427	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Copper knives. Type 7a.
19139A	35-1-419	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Bronze axes. Type A. 1
19141A	35-1-412	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Bronze adzes. Type 1
19141C	35-1-410	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Bronze adzes. Type 1
19052A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Weights. Two long oval. Pebble. Type I.
19052B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Weights. Two long oval. Pebble. Type I.
18950A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Gold earrings, two, of small lunate type, one soild and one hollow, found interlaced.
18950B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Gold earrings, two, of small lunate type, one soild and one hollow, found interlaced.
19007A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Copper razors. A pair, stuck together. Good condition.
19007B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Copper razors. A pair, stuck together. Good condition.
19149B	35-1-428	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Copper knives. Type 7a.
19437A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Copper bodkins (2). Type (needles) royal cemetery Pp. 231
19437B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Copper bodkins (2). Type (needles) royal cemetery Pp. 231