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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18817 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Date-shaped; inscribed. |
| 18818 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terrracotta relief, fragment of. Upper part of large bearded male figure advancing left with right hand extended: the left hand holds a weapon against the breast: apparently nude. Face bad. |
| 18819 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta relief, fragment of. A nude figure seated on a horse which advances right. Riders figure above the chest and all the fore-part of the horse missing. Good work. |
| 18820 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Duck weight hematite. Type VI. |
| 18821 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cylinder seal. Steatite, dark. Two standing figures, an emblem on a post, and two scorpions. |
| 18822A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Clay tablets (two). Of baked clay. Inscription preserved on one side only. | |
| 18823 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay label (?). Roughly square with round corners, inscribed. |
| 18824 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay foundation cone, fragment of. Inscribed on the stem only; about 1/3 of the stem preserved. |
| 18825A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Clay tablets (two). One distorted by being clumsily held during the process of inscription, the other damaged while soft. | |
| 18826 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Complete. | |
| 18828 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay foundation cone, fragment of base. With rather more than half the inscription preserved. |
| 18829 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay arm of a statuette or doll pierced to be fixed to the body (and to move?) hand modeled, with traces of light red paint. |
| 18831 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Complete. | |
| 18832 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Top slightly chipped. | |
| 18833 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Complete. | |
| 18834 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Damaged. |
| 18836 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Beads. Small shells, pierced; carnelian cylindrical, carnelian ring; marble diamond; steatite discoid; chert (?) date-shaped, double conoid; white frit from amulet. A very poor lot. |
| 18838 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay foundation cone. Unusually samll, inscribed on the stem only. Tip missing and a chip off the base but only about 2 signs damaged and the text otherwise complete. |
| 18839 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Baked: intact. | |
| 18840 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Baked: intact. | |
| 18841 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Baked, complete. | |
| 18842 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Baked, intact. | |
| 18843 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. |
| 18844 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Chipped at one corner, only 1 sign missing. |
| 18845 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tablet. Complete but text worn. |
| 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.