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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18729 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Very dark steatite. A spread eagle and two small birds beneath a star. Bould rough cutting. |
| 18730 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Much worn. Figures in crude style. |
| 18734 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. |
| 18735 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. | |
| 18736 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Corner missing. |
| 18737 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Fragment of (with date). |
| 18738 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impressions on black clay; fragmentary, but some from the same seal. |
| 18739 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bone pin. Tip missing. The head in the form of an open human hand. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18741 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ear-stud. Dark greenish-grey stone (jasper?) [drawing] |
| 18742 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cone. Fragment of. With inscription on shaft (not on base). |
| 18743 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Complete. |
| 18744 | (none) | 1935,0112.75, 1935,0112.76 | (none) | Clay tablet. One corner missing. | |
| 18745 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. One end missing. |
| 18746 | (none) | 1935,0112.13 | (none) | Seal impression on a square clay tablet. 3 1/2 columns of inscriptions: no figures. | |
| 18747 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Seated Ningal and two standing figures: two columns of inscriptions erased. Much worn. |
| 18748 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta figurine. Nude female standing full face with hands clasped below breasts: diadem on hair. Feet missing. |
| 18749 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta fiigurine. Nude female, standing, hands clasped below breasts: heavy necklace and girdle, hair falling on shoulders. Broken away below the hips. Common type. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18750 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief. Nude male figure advancing right, the left hand held over breast, right arm hanging, left leg forward. Head missing and feet. Fairly common type (with short beard.) |
| 18751 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief, upper part of. Grotesque figure with small head, upward arms and very large body wearing kaukanes. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18755 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed bottle. Deep greenish-blue glaze. [drawing 2:5] Type 352 = 178 P. |
| 18757 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pilgrim bottle of glazed earthenware; blue glaze mostly bleached white. [drawing] Type 762 = 221 P. |
| 18760 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. A man fighting one winged dragon and another animal. Very poor cutting and much worn. |
| 18761 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed clay cone, fragment of base of, (Larsa type). |
| 18762 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed clay cone, fragment from base of. Onnly 3 lines partly preserved. |
| 18763 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Complete except for chip off one corner. |
| 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.