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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 20073C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type. |
| 20073B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type. |
| 20073A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type. |
| 20072 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lead tray with flat base and everted sides. Type metal JN |
| 20071 | 35-1-230 | (none) | (none) | Lead tray with flat base and everted sides. Type metal JN | |
| 20067 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper pin. Type 1. With ball head made of two pieces of shell and one of shale stuck together to imitate banded sard. |
| 20066 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Large flat shell ovals, shell date-shaped, and small shells pierced for stringing. |
| 20065 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Glazed frit balls, a carnelian ring and some shells. |
| 20062 | (none) | 1935,0112.39 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Geometrical design. |
| 20061 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay figurine. Animal. Greenish drab clay with black paint for eyes, collar, etc. [drawing] |
| 20060 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Alabaster. Miniature. JN 28 |
| 20059 | 35-1-186 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Miniature. JN 28 | |
| 20058 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White limestone. Miniature. JN 28 |
| 20057 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Black ware. JN 41 |
| 20056 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Table-top? White limestone. Semi-circular, with 3 small holes for attachment of legs (?) and three large holes, for standing vases (?). All holes larger at the top. [drawing] |
| 20050 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Fighting animals heraldically crossed. |
| 20040 | 35-1-511 | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Painted ware. Drab clay : on the body below the shoulder, plain horizontal black bands : on the shoulder a floral (?) design with birds, in black paint. In fragments. | |
| 20037.2 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [.1-.2] Earrings. A pair. Silver. Triple hoops of coiled wire. |
| 20037.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [.1-.2] Earrings. A pair. Silver. Triple hoops of coiled wire. |
| 20036 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small paste balls and date-shaped. |
| 20035.2 | 35-1-86 | (none) | (none) | [.1-.2] Beads. Small carnelian and lapis short cylinders, paste rings, and one flat oval carnelian. |
| 20035.1 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [.1-.2] Beads. Small carnelian and lapis short cylinders, paste rings, and one flat oval carnelian. |
| 20034 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 13 - base has been made separately and fixed on. |
| 20033 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite. JN |
| 20032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 13 |
| 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.