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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)
19140A	35-1-416	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Bronze axes. Type A. 3
19140D	35-1-415	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Bronze axes. Type A. 3
19140B	35-1-413	(none)	(none)	[A-E] Bronze axes. Type A. 3
19141A	35-1-412	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Bronze adzes. Type 1
19141B	35-1-411	(none)	(none)	[A-B] Bronze adzes. Type 1
19141C	35-1-410	(none)	(none)	[A-C] Bronze adzes. Type 1
19359	35-1-408	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type JN 3
18946	35-1-4	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Animals fighting; two lions heraldically crossed and two gazelles.
18756	35-1-326	(none)	(none)	Glazed pot. Green glaze, light and rather rough. [drawing] Type 133 = new 103 P
18851	35-1-31	(none)	(none)	Amulet. Blue glazed frit. Im-dugud (?) figure. The blue glaze has perished on the front but is well preserved behind. [drawing 1:1]
19230	35-1-3	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. Fightling animals and a spread eagle over a tree.
(none)	35-1-255	(none)	(none)	(none)
20025	35-1-233	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Painted. JN
20071	35-1-230	(none)	(none)	Lead tray with flat base and everted sides. Type metal JN
(none)	35-1-229	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	35-1-228	(none)	(none)	Unknown
(none)	35-1-227	(none)	(none)	(none)
(none)	35-1-226	(none)	(none)	unknown
(none)	35-1-225	(none)	(none)	(none)
19938	35-1-222	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 6b
19935	35-1-221	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 16
19467	35-1-220	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. Type JN 12
18919	35-1-22, 35-1-22	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Green steatite (?) with copper caps. Two standing gods shaking hands: two men killing a kneeling prisoner: two columns of inscription supported by an animal. Good work.
19507	35-1-219	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 8
19656	35-1-218	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type 52