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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)
19105	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 79
19170	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 76.
19110	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 67.
19189	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 65.
19065	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 65 variant (rounded base, and proportions more slender).
19222	35-1-596	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 64. (in fragments).
19060	35-1-198	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 62.
19208	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 61b.
19228	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 61a.
19063	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 60B.
19171	35-1-195	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 60b.
19062	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 60 B.
19238	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 54.
19059	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 4.
19108	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 4.
19064	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 3.
19135	35-1-194	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 106.
19067	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 1.
19049	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. The lower part of the surface decayed. Type 61a.
18993	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Surface badly decayed and part of the rim missing. Type 5.
19066	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Situla. Type _.
19010	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Situla type.
19069	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Probably cut down from a vase of Typw 86; the neck remade and 4 small holes pierced just below the new rim for affixing a lid.
19015	35-1-199	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. In poor condition. Type 5.
19212	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Goblet on tall stem. [drawing] RC.110