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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)
19619	(none)	1935,0112.100	(none)	Stone vase. miniature. Type ? [drawing]
19906	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Limestone. JN 40
19876	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. JN
19519	(none)	1935,0112.1	(none)	Stone vase. Diorite. Type JN 46
19413	35-1-200	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Diorite. Type JN 27
19702	35-1-607	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Diorite. In fragments
19625	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. Type JN 26
19753	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Calcite. JN 26
19587	35-1-566	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Basic diorite. Type JN 11
19649	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Alabaster. Type JN 28
20060	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Alabaster. Miniature. JN 28
20079	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Alabaster. JN 28. In fragments.
19771	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Alabaster. JN 26
19779	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Alabaster. JN 26
19911	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. alabaster. JN 26
19405	35-1-180	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. (alabaster) Type JN 26
19509	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. 'alabaster. JN 26
19700	(none)	1935,0112.4	(none)	Stone vase. 'alabaster. JN 26
19524	35-1-557	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. 'alabaster'. Type 26
19729	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 40. Found with JN clay type 21
19416	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 28
19612	(none)	1935,0112.98	(none)	Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 28
19897	35-1-182	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 28
19727	35-1-651	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 26.
19586	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 26