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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19217 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite, carniated. Hero fighting animals. |
| 18922 | 35-1-16 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. A god driving a chariot drawn by a winged gryphon(?); between the wings rises a goddess armed with a bow, in front of it is another god. One column of inscription. Inscription: Ur-gis-me-e (C.J.G.) |
| 18947 | 35-1-11 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. A spread eagle grasping two wild goats. |
| 19004 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Hunter fighting animals. |
| 18978 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Seated deity and 3 standing figures. |
| 18926 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Two figures seated and drinking through tubes, and a standing attendant. |
| 18949 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Two seated figures and standing attendant; two columns of inscription. Inscription: Ur... (rest of name illegible in photograph) son of Ur-Nanna-pad-da. (C.J.G.) |
| 18918 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Brown steatite. Carinated type./ A hero bestriding a bull; a star; a second hero on one knee throws a lion over his shoulder. Two columns of inscriptions supported byb a goat: water below. Remarkably fine cutting. |
| 18984 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Brown steatite. Hunters and animals. Poor and much worn. Photo (not worth taking) |
| 18924 | 35-1-17 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Brown steatite. Two heroes fighting animals. |
| 18724 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Brown-grey steatite. Two gods and two worshippers, with standard emblems. |
| 19196 | (none) | 1935,0112.40 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Broken and mended, the surface a good deal perished. Fighting animals. |
| 19090 | (none) | 1935,0112.54 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Copper. Much corroded but apparently in good condition. |
| 18882 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Seated deity and two standing figures, and two columns of inscription. Chipped behind shoulder of seated figure. |
| 19122 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Two registers: above, banquet scene; below, animals. |
| 18802 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark brown steatite. Two men fighting a winged dragon: behind them an emblem on a pole, and a snake. |
| 19121 | (none) | 1935,0112.43 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. Inside a meander, two banquet scenes. Broken and damaged. |
| 18974 | 35-1-9, 35-1-9 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. One seated and three standing figures: two columns of inscription. Inscription: Lugal-ma (C.J.G.) |
| 19033 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark greenish grey steatite. Seated god, winged shrine and kneeling worshipper. |
| 19034 | (none) | 1935,0112.49 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark grey steatie. Two hunters fighting animals. |
| 19124 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark grey steatite. Hunter fighting animals. |
| 19209 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. 4 standing figures. |
| 18760 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. A man fighting one winged dragon and another animal. Very poor cutting and much worn. |
| 18946 | 35-1-4 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Animals fighting; two lions heraldically crossed and two gazelles. |
| 18902 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Criss-cross lines? |
| 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.