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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18803 | (none) | 1935,0112.62 | (none) | Terracotta relief. Bearded man advancing rt and carrying in front of him in his left hand a goat; right hand rasied to mouth. Feet missing. | |
 | 19436 | (none) | 1935,0112.6 | (none) | Stone tumbler. White limestone. Type JN 43 |
| 19976 | (none) | 1935,0112.59 | (none) | Clay figurine of greenish drab clay with painted lines. [drawing] | |
| 18862 | (none) | 1935,0112.57 | (none) | Bead, half of: flattened date-shaped, carnelian, artifcially bleached white all over (the bleaching has penetrated deep into the stone) and then etched with a black pattern. [drawing 1:1] |
| 18830 | (none) | 1935,0112.55 | (none) | Stamp seal. Square. Dark mottled steatite. A spread eagle holding in one claw a club(?) and with the other clasping a small human figure. |
| 19090 | (none) | 1935,0112.54 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Copper. Much corroded but apparently in good condition. |
| 18915 | (none) | 1935,0112.53 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Quartzite. Criss-cross marking. |
| 19126 | (none) | 1935,0112.51 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. One seated and one standing figure. 3 columns of inscription. Inscription: Ninmar-ka-ishag, son of Mukabbur (C.J.G.) |
| 18883 | (none) | 1935,0112.50 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Two men fighting beasts (the latter partly chipped away) and a standing god holding thunderbolt(?). |
| 19552 | (none) | 1935,0112.5 | (none) | Stone tumbler. Fine white limestone. JN 44 |
| 19034 | (none) | 1935,0112.49 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark grey steatie. Two hunters fighting animals. |
| 18916 | (none) | 1935,0112.48 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Greenish-grey steatite. Seated deity and two standing figures, and a tree. |
| 19000 | (none) | 1935,0112.47 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two hunters fighting animals. |
| 18898 | (none) | 1935,0112.46 | (none) | Cylinder Seal. Dark steatite. Two lions attacking two gazelles. |
| 19006 | (none) | 1935,0112.45 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Grey steatite. Seated deity and three standing figures. |
| 20094 | (none) | 1935,0112.44 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Half of (split longitudinally). Shell. Two registers. Above, 4 standing figures of man[?]. Below, 2 men punting a boat : a large jar in the prow. |
| 19121 | (none) | 1935,0112.43 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark green steatite. Inside a meander, two banquet scenes. Broken and damaged. |
| 19245 | (none) | 1935,0112.42 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite; part of the side chipped off. |
| 19081 | (none) | 1935,0112.41 | (none) | Cylinder seal. White shell. Hunters fighting animals. |
| 19196 | (none) | 1935,0112.40 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Calcite. Broken and mended, the surface a good deal perished. Fighting animals. |
| 19700 | (none) | 1935,0112.4 | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster. JN 26 |
| 20062 | (none) | 1935,0112.39 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Geometrical design. |
| 18972 | (none) | 1935,0112.38 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Dark steatite. Seated deity and 3 standing figures. |
| 18983 | (none) | 1935,0112.37 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Lapis. Two registers: above, banquet scene with two seated figures drinking through tubes; below, birds? |
| 19057 | (none) | 1935,0112.35 | (none) | Cylinder seal. Shell. Hunters and fighting animals. |
| 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.