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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19122 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Crystal. Two registers: above, banquet scene; below, animals. |
| 19123 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper vase. Type 120. |
| 19124 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark grey steatite. Hunter fighting animals. |
| 19125 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Geometric design. |
| 19126 | (none) | 1935,0112.51 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. One seated and one standing figure. 3 columns of inscription. Inscription: Ninmar-ka-ishag, son of Mukabbur (C.J.G.) |
| 19128A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper chisels, 2. (A) Type 2a; (B) Type 4A. |
| 19129 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spindle whorl. Shell Conical, with engraved lines and holes originally inlaid with lapis dots. [drawing 1:1] |
| 19130 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Translucent calcite. Geometric. |
| 19131 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. One carnelian facetted date-shaped and 3 long date-shaped; 5 large lapis double conoids, one lapis striated ball, small lapis balls, and lapis pendant. [drawing 1:1] |
| 19132 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Zig-zag pattern. |
| 19133A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper vessels. \ [A] Bowl. Type 4; Inside it [B] a vase. Type 69 |
| 19134 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper cauldron. Type _. Inside it a copper bowl, Type 3(?) inverted: diam. circ. |
| 19136 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type 47. |
| 19137 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Grey limestone. Type 20a. |
| 19138 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type 16b. On one side is a roughly engraved large pentagon. [drawing of pentagon] |
| 19142 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pins. Type 2a. |
| 19148 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper knives. Type 3. |
| 19153 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze arrowheads. Type 2. |
| 19155 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axes. Type S 5. |
| 19156 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axes. Type S 6. |
| 19157 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axes. Type S 12 |
| 19158 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axes. Type S 16 |
| 19159 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper axes. Type S.17. |
| 19160 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Type 3. |
| 19162 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone table of offerings. White limestone. On the stem, incised palm-leaf pattern. Type 101. |
| 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.