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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19057 | (none) | 1935,0112.35 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Hunters and fighting animals. |
| 19216 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. The surface partly decayed. Two registers of fighting animals. |
| 19071 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Two gazelles ? |
| 19046 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Two gazelles. |
| 18987 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Two heroes fighting animals. |
| 19191 | 35-1-1 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. With rings of steatite inset at the two ends. Heroes fighting animals. (somewhat decayed). |
| 19230 | 35-1-3 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Fightling animals and a spread eagle over a tree. |
| 19104 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Hunter fighting animals. |
| 19032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell; partly decayed. Two hunters fighting animals. |
| 18948 | 35-1-13, 35-1-13 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Standing god with two worshippers; two columns of inscription. Inscription: Ilu-su(?)-ir, son of Dudu (C.J.G.) |
| 18792 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. A standing god and two worshippers, with 2 columns of inscription badly worn and purposely defaced. Photo impossible. |
| 18899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Seated deity and two standing figures. Poor. |
| 18884 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite. Very much worn and defaced. A seated deity and two standing figures, and a thrid standing figure by a door(?). |
| 19245 | (none) | 1935,0112.42 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite; part of the side chipped off. |
| 19130 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Translucent calcite. Geometric. |
| 19205 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Translucent greenish calcite. Two registers: above, banquest scene. Below, men and animals. The stone somewhat decayed and the seal partly defaced by adhering copper. |
| 18982 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Two hereos fighting gazelles. |
| 18729 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Very dark steatite. A spread eagle and two small birds beneath a star. Bould rough cutting. |
| 18925 | 35-1-8 | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Very dark steatite. Hero fighting heraldically crossed lions and bulls. |
| 19214 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. White calcite. Two registers: above, a hero fighting beasts. Below, a row of animals. The stone somewhat blistered and distorted. |
| 19081 | (none) | 1935,0112.41 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Hunters fighting animals. |
| 19001 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Black steatite. Seated deity and two standing figures: inscription erased. |
| 19485 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Rough and primitive design of fish (?) |
| 18730 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Much worn. Figures in crude style. |
| 18790 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Three standing figures and a crescent on a pole: two columns of inscription, much erased. |
| 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.