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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19006 | (none) | 1935,0112.45 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Seated deity and three standing figures. |
| 19007A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper razors. A pair, stuck together. Good condition. |
| 19008 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Pale grey steatite. Poor condition. Seated deity and four standing figures. |
| 19009 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 92 v. |
| 19010 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Situla type. |
| 19014 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: Small lapis tubes and balls and one rectangular with convex sides. |
| 19016 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Grey stone. Type 16a. |
| 19017 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Broken. |
| 19018A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: (A) Copper bowl, Type III; (B)[B and F] Pair of small gold lunate earrings; (C) Copper bracelet; (D) Beads: carnelian tubes, square tubes, barrels and rectangular; gold balls; lapis date-shaped; large chalcedony flattened oval; (E) Fragment of gold ribbon from head. |
| 19019 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper dagger-blade. Type 3. |
| 19020 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper object, thus: [drawing 1:1] |
| 19021 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: flattened oval agate, lapis tubes and double concoid, crystal balls, carnelian date-shaped and carnelian ball with bleached concentric circles. |
| 19023 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Oblong, with a short handle at one end and fin-like ledges on each side; broken and a fragment missing. Type RC.102 |
| 19024 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Broken. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Type 41. |
| 19025 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Type 3. |
| 19027 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: lapis double conoids and ovals; 1 large lapis date-shaped; carnelian rings. |
| 19028 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: small paste lentoids. |
| 19029 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper chisel. Type 2a. |
| 19030 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: carnelian tubes and date-shaped; 1 lapis double conid; small carnelian rings; paste balls and some silver. |
| 19031 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell, partly decayed. Two hunters fighting animals. |
| 19032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell; partly decayed. Two hunters fighting animals. |
| 19033 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark greenish grey steatite. Seated god, winged shrine and kneeling worshipper. |
| 19034 | (none) | 1935,0112.49 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark grey steatie. Two hunters fighting animals. |
| 19035 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads: small lapis barrels, balls, and double conoids; carnelian rings, barrels and tubes, two of the latter with white bleached patterns of concentric circles. |
| 19036 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper goblet. Cracked and with a small piece missing. Type RC.119. |
| 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.