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      

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Object U Number Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) Museum Number (BM Registration Number) Museum Number (UPM B-number) Description (Catalog Card)
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.
19191 35-1-1 (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Shell. With rings of steatite inset at the two ends. Heroes fighting animals. (somewhat decayed).
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.
19197 (none) (none) (none) Cylidner seal. Shell. Partly decayed. Hero fighting animals.
19199 (none) (none) (none) Bronze axe. Type _ (new type for the cemetery). The socket decorated with rope pattern.
19200 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Lapis, small balls and ovals and date-shaped.
19201 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. White limestone. Type 47.
19202 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. Grey steatite. Type 37b.
19203 (none) (none) (none) Beads. Carnelian rings and one flattened rectangular, small tubes, ovals and date-shaped. These were strung together in groups, about 8 of each together.
19204 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type 89
19205 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Translucent greenish calcite. Two registers: above, banquest scene. Below, men and animals. The stone somewhat decayed and the seal partly defaced by adhering copper.
19206 (none) (none) (none) Copper pin. With lapis ball head capped with gold. The stem broken.
19207 (none) (none) (none) Bronze spearhead. Type 5b.
19208 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type 61b.
19209 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. 4 standing figures.
19211 (none) (none) (none) Stone bowl. The inside is black and it seems to have been used for kohl. Type 40.
19212 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Goblet on tall stem. [drawing] RC.110
19213A (none) (none) (none) Group: (A) Gold double conoids, lapis double conoids. (B) Copper pin, Type 1, with lapis ball head capped with gold; broken. (C) [Not assigned] (D) Limestone bowl. Type 47. (E) White calcite bowl. Type 54: imperfect.
19214 (none) (none) (none) Cylinder seal. White calcite. Two registers: above, a hero fighting beasts. Below, a row of animals. The stone somewhat blistered and distorted.

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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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Pit X - Pit Y

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References

Woolley, L. . (1955) Ur Excavations IV; The Early Periods, Oxford: Oxford University Press.