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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)
19983	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay bowl. TO. Painted ware. Black on light drab clay. In fragments. aLL 21 [Annotated] [drawing]
18769	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment from top of stem.
18742	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment of. With inscription on shaft (not on base).
18768	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Upper part of stem only, with first section of text.
19976	(none)	1935,0112.59	(none)	Clay figurine of greenish drab clay with painted lines. [drawing]
20061	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay figurine. Animal. Greenish drab clay with black paint for eyes, collar, etc. [drawing]
18828	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone, fragment of base. With rather more than half the inscription preserved.
18895	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone, fragment of. A little more than one-half split away from the lower part of the stem.
18824	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone, fragment of. Inscribed on the stem only; about 1/3 of the stem preserved.
18878	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone, fragment of. Lower part of the stem and fragment of the surface of the base. Inscribed on base and stem.
18894	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone, tip of stem of.
18785	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone. Base missing: inscription on stem in 10 columns; most of lower part preserved.
18838	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone. Unusually samll, inscribed on the stem only. Tip missing and a chip off the base but only about 2 signs damaged and the text otherwise complete.
18808B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cones, fragments of three, similar: only the stem inscribed. (A) Lower part, half of, with remains of 10 columns of text.; (B) Top part of stem with 13 columns of text partly preserved.; (C) One side only from base upwards. Part of 6 columns of text preserved.
18808C	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cones, fragments of three, similar: only the stem inscribed. (A) Lower part, half of, with remains of 10 columns of text.; (B) Top part of stem with 13 columns of text partly preserved.; (C) One side only from base upwards. Part of 6 columns of text preserved.
18808A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cones, fragments of three, similar: only the stem inscribed. (A) Lower part, half of, with remains of 10 columns of text.; (B) Top part of stem with 13 columns of text partly preserved.; (C) One side only from base upwards. Part of 6 columns of text preserved.
18784B	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cones, two, similar: (A) All the base preserved with text complete and the stem to the length of 40mm, with about half its text. (B) Base chipped with edge of inscribed area damaged: of the stem c. 60mm remains with half the inscription.
18784A	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cones, two, similar: (A) All the base preserved with text complete and the stem to the length of 40mm, with about half its text. (B) Base chipped with edge of inscribed area damaged: of the stem c. 60mm remains with half the inscription.
18835	(none)	1935,0112.74	(none)	Clay jar-sealing. Burnt black. With 3 incomplete seal-impressions shewing presentaiton sceneand inscriptions. mark of jar neck inside.
18823	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay label (?). Roughly square with round corners, inscribed.
18796	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay label. Triangular inscribed on both faces and with seal impression on the edges.
19495	(none)	1935,0112.109	(none)	Clay model boat with very high stern and prow.
19215	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay model boat. 4 seats. High stem and bow.
19551	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Dark brown clay, burnished. Type JN 13 (but with wider rim) broken
19553	35-1-592	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Light red clay, Type The body is decorated all over with horizontal lines in the middle and at top and bottom vertical incised lines. in fragments