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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)
18795	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. (Intact)
18844	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Chipped at one corner, only 1 sign missing.
18845	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Complete but text worn.
18743	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Complete.
18811	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Damaged but nearly complete.
18744	(none)	1935,0112.75, 1935,0112.76	(none)	Clay tablet. One corner missing.
18745	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. One end missing.
20057	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Black ware. JN 41
19984	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Black-grey clay. Imitation of stone type. JN 26 (57) = JN 66
19602	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Greenish drab clay. Copy of a stone type like JN 28
20075	35-1-608	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Grey ware (smothered). Imitation of stone form. JN 28 (59) In fragments = JN 35 (clay) new
19980	35-1-512	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Painted red all over and burnished. In fragments. Type 48 [annotated]. JN
19979	35-1-663	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Painted red all over, but with paint mostly gone. JN
19986	(none)	1935,0112.13	(none)	Clay vase. Painted red all over. JN 47
19981	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Painted red and burnished. JN Type 38 JN [Annotated]
20076	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Plain red-painted ware. JN 28 = 38 new
19985	(none)	1935,0112.103	(none)	Clay vase. Smooth greenish-drab clay. Imitation of stone type. JN 26 (57) = JN 66
19982	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. TO. Painted ware. Black on buff. aLL.31 [Annotated] [drawing]
19089	(none)	(none)	(none)	Conch shell. Cut as a lamp with bird's head engraved at the top of the opening.
19038	(none)	(none)	(none)	Conch shell. Cut open as a lamp, at the top of the opening is engraved a bird's head with inlaid lapis eye.
19091	35-1-63	(none)	(none)	Conch-shell. Cut as a lamp with bird's head engraved at the top of the opening.
18989	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper adze. Type. 1.
18872	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper arrowhead. [drawing 1:1]
18937	35-1-432	(none)	(none)	Copper axe-blade. Type S. 13,
18904	(none)	(none)	(none)	Copper axe. Type S. 16