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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)
19952	35-1-217	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 1
19558	35-1-216	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type JN 20
19955	35-1-215	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. Type JN 013
19748	35-1-214	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 12
19491	35-1-213	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. Type JN 17
19013	35-1-212	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type 41.
19884	35-1-211	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 10
19799	35-1-210	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 14
18981	35-1-21	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Green stone. 2 heroes fighting lions.
19917	35-1-209	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Basic diorite. JN 11, but with disk base.
19608	35-1-208	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 11
19260	35-1-207	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type JN 13
19503	35-1-206	(none)	(none)	Stone cup. Basic diorite. JN 11
19402	35-1-205	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Type JN 42
19683	35-1-204	(none)	(none)	Stone tumbler. DIorite. JN 20
19265	35-1-203	(none)	(none)	Stone tumbler. Basic diorite. Type...
19513	35-1-202	(none)	(none)	Stone tumbler. Diorite. Type JN 34
19963	35-1-201	(none)	(none)	Stone tumbler. Diorite. JN 35
19413	35-1-200	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. Diorite. Type JN 27
18923	35-1-2	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Shell. A hero, and fighting animals. Archaic: very much worn and defaced.
19015	35-1-199	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. In poor condition. Type 5.
19060	35-1-198	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 62.
19171	35-1-195	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 60b.
19135	35-1-194	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 106.
20002	35-1-192	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. JN 6b