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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)
19213F	(none)	(none)	(none)	[U.19213A IS DUPLICATE ENTRY AND IS REDESIGNATED U.19213F] Stone vase. Dark steatite. Type 8. One side badly chipped. [drawing]
18726A	52-30-141	(none)	(none)	[DUPLICATE NUMBER] Clay tablet.
15123A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Silver tumbler. Inverted over [B] a baked clay spouted pot. Tumbler in poor condition & part missing - distorted. Type 531. Not in catalog. [drawing]
15123B	(none)	1930,1213.272	(none)	[A] Silver tumbler. Inverted over [B] a baked clay spouted pot. Tumbler in poor condition & part missing - distorted. Type 531. [drawing] Not in cat. Vol. IV
19026A	35-1-99A	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads: a mixed lot: 1 gold double conoid; 2 lapis ditto; 2 carnelian barrels; smaller paste double conoids; paste and lapis rings or small balls. [B.1-.2] Also two silver earrings.
19026B.1	35-1-99B	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads: a mixed lot: 1 gold double conoid; 2 lapis ditto; 2 carnelian barrels; smaller paste double conoids; paste and lapis rings or small balls. [B.1-.2] Also two silver earrings.
19026C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads: a mixed lot: 1 gold double conoid; 2 lapis ditto; 2 carnelian barrels; smaller paste double conoids; paste and lapis rings or small balls. [B-C] Also two silver earrings.
19444B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Lapis valls and double conoids : silver ditto, and a few carnelian rings. [A-B] also 2 silver earrings of spirally twisted wire.
19444A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Lapis valls and double conoids : silver ditto, and a few carnelian rings. [A-B] also 2 silver earrings of spirally twisted wire.
19444C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Lapis valls and double conoids : silver ditto, and a few carnelian rings. [A-B] also 2 silver earrings of spirally twisted wire.
18942A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Carnelian tubular and rings; paste date-shaped, steatite fly and frog amulets; fluted balls. Arbitrarily restrung. [B] Also a silver bracelet, 3 coils of plain wire.
18942B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A] Beads. Carnelian tubular and rings; paste date-shaped, steatite fly and frog amulets; fluted balls. Arbitrarily restrung. [B] Also a silver bracelet, 3 coils of plain wire.
20073A	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073B	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073C	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073D	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073E	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073F	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073G	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073H	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073I	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073J	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073K	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073L	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.
20073M	(none)	(none)	(none)	[A-N] Lead tumblers. JN metal type.