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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)
19842	35-1-605	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Basic diorite. JN 13
19403	35-1-604	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. diorite. Type JN 43 (badly broken)
19463A	35-1-603	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. in fragments (3 bowls, 2 of type JN 24, one probably JN 4)
19604	35-1-602	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 4
19819	35-1-601	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. Type JN 17
19759	35-1-600	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 11
18914	35-1-6	(none)	(none)	Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Two registers: above, two heroes each fighting with two beasts below, seated and standing figures.
19890	35-1-599	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. JN 17
19606	35-1-598	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. JN 6
20008	35-1-597	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. JN
19222	35-1-596	(none)	(none)	Stone vase. White calcite. Type 64. (in fragments).
19735	35-1-595	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. JN 10
19813	35-1-594	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type _
19383	35-1-593	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Pink limestone. Type JN 12
19553	35-1-592	(none)	(none)	Clay pot. Light red clay, Type The body is decorated all over with horizontal lines in the middle and at top and bottom vertical incised lines. in fragments
19654	35-1-591	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 5
19912	35-1-590	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 13 (broken)
19730	35-1-589	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 3
19697	35-1-588	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. JN 1
19909	35-1-587	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. JN 3
19516	35-1-585	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type JN 12
19783	35-1-584	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 5
19433	35-1-583	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Veined calcite. Type 19 d (in fragments) Broken and rivetted in antiquity.
19641	35-1-582	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. Diorite. JN 5
19560	35-1-581	(none)	(none)	Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN 3