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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)
19813	35-1-594	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type _
19387	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JNG 39
19816	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 9
19317	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 6b
20011	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 5b
19847	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 52
19372	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 5(6)
19355	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 5
19394	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 5
19450	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 5
19339	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 4.
19604	35-1-602	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 4
19676	35-1-534	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 4
19338	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 39.
19323	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 37
19511	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 36
19652	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 35
19817	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 35
19302	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 33.
19326	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 3.
19419	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 3 (rotten)
19303	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 3
19353	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 3
19354	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 3
19389	(none)	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 3