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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)
19520	35-1-551	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Fine white limestone. Type JN 17
19900	35-1-550	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Light pink limestone. JN 3
19454	35-1-549	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Pink limestone. Type JN 6a
19926	35-1-548	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. JN 5B
19420	35-1-547	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 3
19500	35-1-544	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Limestone. JN 3
19288	35-1-543	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type 5A (incomplete).
19810	35-1-541	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 3
19962	35-1-540	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Limestone. JN 3 = 24
19287	35-1-537	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Type J.N. 2
19363	35-1-536	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. JN 2.
19838	35-1-535	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Coarse limestone. JN 2
19676	35-1-534	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 4
19547	35-1-532	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 3
19691	35-1-531	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. JN
19633	35-1-529	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. JN 3
19425	35-1-526	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Veined calcite. Open shallow lines[?] Type
19434	35-1-525	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Veined quartzite. Type 24
19050	35-1-524	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White limestone. Poor condition. Type 80.
19087	35-1-523	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Rough white limestone. Type 102.
19671	35-1-522	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type JN
19409	35-1-521	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. 'alabaster' Type 27
19980	35-1-512	(none)	(none)	Clay vase. Painted red all over and burnished. In fragments. Type 48 [annotated]. JN
20040	35-1-511	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Painted ware. Drab clay : on the body below the shoulder, plain horizontal black bands : on the shoulder a floral (?) design with birds, in black paint. In fragments.
19154A	35-1-509	(none)	(none)	[A-D] Copper reticules.