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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19058 | (none) | 1997,0607.1 | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type 92. |
| 18766 | (none) | 1953,0411.73 | (none) | Clay tablet. One edge broken away. |
| 18816 | (none) | 1953,0411.225 | (none) | Clay tablet. |
| 19640A | (none) | 1935,0112.99 | (none) | Stone vases. 'alabaster'. JN 28 |
| 19612 | (none) | 1935,0112.98 | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster'. JN 28 |
| 19349 | (none) | 1935,0112.96 | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type JN 19. |
| 19198 | (none) | 1935,0112.95 | (none) | Bronze harpoon. Arrow type 4a. | |
| 19304 | (none) | 1935,0112.94 | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type JN 36 |
| 19319 | (none) | 1935,0112.93 | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type JN 17. |
| 19961 | (none) | 1935,0112.92 | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite. Type JN 52 |
| 19274 | (none) | 1935,0112.91 | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Type J.N. 26. |
| 19282 | (none) | 1935,0112.90 | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Type J.N. 13 |
| 19966 | (none) | 1935,0112.88 | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone. (top half) [crossed out] JN 3 =24 |
| 19430 | (none) | 1935,0112.86 | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings and 1 tube, lapis balls, black and white marble balls, 1 quartzite lozenge-shape, 4 date-shaped red chalcedony (?) |
| 19237 | (none) | 1935,0112.84 | (none) | Beads. Carnelian cylinders, shell cylinders and lapis rings. |
| 19232 | (none) | 1935,0112.83 | (none) | Beads. Carnelian rings, one cylindrical, and a few lapis balls. |
| 18958 | (none) | 1935,0112.82 | (none) | Beads; paste cylinders, small, carnelian double conoids and barrels and diamonds and date-shaped; lapis double conoid and ball, quartzite rhomboid, large. One carnelian has bleached pattern. Restrung in original order. |
| 19223 | (none) | 1935,0112.81 | (none) | Beads. Lapis tubes & ovals, quartzite double conoids; also a quantity of shell rings, and some small shells pierced as beads. |
| 19575.3 | (none) | 1935,0112.79 | (none) | [.1-.7] Beads. Carnelian and chalcedony [drawing], carnelian tubes and balls, lapis and marble balls, shell date-shaped : a very large collection : 1 gold |
| 18887 | (none) | 1935,0112.78 | (none) | Beads: Gold, two nasturtium seeds and five four-flanged beads: 6 carnelian date-shaped, 4 lapis ditto., and 1 lapis cylinder. |
| 18744 | (none) | 1935,0112.75, 1935,0112.76 | (none) | Clay tablet. One corner missing. | |
| 18835 | (none) | 1935,0112.74 | (none) | Clay jar-sealing. Burnt black. With 3 incomplete seal-impressions shewing presentaiton sceneand inscriptions. mark of jar neck inside. |
| 18774 | (none) | 1935,0112.65 | (none) | Terracotta relief, fragment of. From the hips upwards, a nude female figure, full face, the left hand held across the belly, the right arm by her side: high relief, coarse face with big eyes. | |
| 18827 | (none) | 1935,0112.64 | (none) | Terracotta relief, part of. Nude female figure standing full face: the left hand in front of breast, right arm by side and the hand holding a spouted pot. Heavy necklace, flat cap. | |
| 18776 | (none) | 1935,0112.63 | (none) | Terracotta relief, fragment of. A dog walking right, followed by its puppy. |
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| Media | Media Title | Title | Label | Author | Omeka Label |
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| 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.