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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19967 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone pot. Limestone. (top half) JN 44 |
| 20003 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone pot. Basic diorite. JN 49 |
| 18991 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone mortar. Coarse white limestone. Type 37a. |
| 19643 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone lamp? 'alabaster' |
| 19885 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone lamp. White limestone. Hemispherical bowl. On one side a short ledge handle, on the other a short spout, and on back side a double length spout. A line of raised square dots round the outside. |
| 19805 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone lamp. Alabaster. [drawing] |
| 19168 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone jar. Veined calcite. Type 89 |
| 20018 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. White limestone. JN 39 |
| 19785 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. White limestone. JN 3 |
| 19788 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. White limestone. JN 3 |
| 19722 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. White limestone. JN 19 |
| 20000 | (none) | 1935,0112.10 | (none) | Stone cup. White limestone. Decorated with figures of 2 cows and a calf in relief. The animal's heads are kept to the same plane as the bodies, not standing out as much; the drawing is naturalistic but the stone is poor and the decay of the surface has damaged the effect of the carving. |
| 19506 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. Limestone. JN 11 |
| 19462 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. diorite. Type JN 39 |
| 19848 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. Diorite. JN 49 |
| 20019 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. Diorite. JN 39 |
| 19749 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. Diorite. JN 3 |
| 19789 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. Diorite. JN 3 |
| 19879 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. Diorite. JN 2 |
| 19941 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. Diorite. JN 16 |
| 19536 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. Dark steatite. Type JN 20 |
| 19503 | 35-1-206 | (none) | (none) | Stone cup. Basic diorite. JN 11 | |
| 19517 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowls [Annotated] ? vase. Oval Limestone Basic Diorite [Crossed out] 'alabaster'. Type JN 47 |
| 19821 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Whtie limestone. JN 5A |
| 19466 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type. JN 33 |
| 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.