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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)
18750	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude male figure advancing right, the left hand held over breast, right arm hanging, left leg forward. Head missing and feet. Fairly common type (with short beard.)
18751	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief, upper part of. Grotesque figure with small head, upward arms and very large body wearing kaukanes. [drawing 1:1]
18755	(none)	(none)	(none)	Glazed bottle. Deep greenish-blue glaze. [drawing 2:5] Type 352 = 178 P.
18757	(none)	(none)	(none)	Pilgrim bottle of glazed earthenware; blue glaze mostly bleached white. [drawing] Type 762 = 221 P.
18760	(none)	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. A man fighting one winged dragon and another animal. Very poor cutting and much worn.
18761	(none)	(none)	(none)	Inscribed clay cone, fragment of base of, (Larsa type).
18762	(none)	(none)	(none)	Inscribed clay cone, fragment from base of. Onnly 3 lines partly preserved.
18763	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Complete except for chip off one corner.
18764	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Only one inscribed face preserved.
18765	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay tablet. Bottom end missing.
18766	(none)	1953,0411.73	(none)	Clay tablet. One edge broken away.
18768	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Upper part of stem only, with first section of text.
18769	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay cone. Fragment from top of stem.
18770	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief, fragment of. Male figure advancing right with uplifted arms; in the left hand a bow(?) [drawing]
18771	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief, fragment. Upper part of male figure, bearded advancing right: left hand held out in front, right arm by side: wears cuirass (?) and girdle. (apparently clubbing an enemy).
18772	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female standing with hands clasped below the breasts. Feet missing. Very much worn.
18773	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief. Nude female figure, full face with hands raised on either side of her head holding weapons(?): a long cloak falls behind the body. Complete down to the knees.
18774	(none)	1935,0112.65	(none)	Terracotta relief, fragment of. From the hips upwards, a nude female figure, full face, the left hand held across the belly, the right arm by her side: high relief, coarse face with big eyes.
18776	(none)	1935,0112.63	(none)	Terracotta relief, fragment of. A dog walking right, followed by its puppy.
18777	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief, fragment of. An animal walking right, head missing; on its back the feet of a god of which the rest is broken away.
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.
18785	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone. Base missing: inscription on stem in 10 columns; most of lower part preserved.
18786	(none)	(none)	(none)	Clay foundation cone, lower part of. Inscribed on stem only, 12 columns.
18788	(none)	(none)	(none)	Animal's head. Terracotta. modeled in the round, partly with snow-man technique. [drawing 1:1]
18789	(none)	(none)	(none)	Terracotta relief, fragment. Head, shoulders and left arm of a bearded mail figure advancing right. High relief and coarse modelling.