Jars
This category includes vessels that have cylindrical bodies and closed rims.
A Jar is a type of vessel that has an approximately cylindrical body and is used for cooking or storage purposes. By using Anna Shepard's criteria, a jar is a closed form where the height is greater than the diameter. The angle of the sides from the base are between 45 and 90 degrees and it has an apparent neck. A Jar may or may not have handles. If It has a spout, it is listed under Spouted Jar.
This category matches Woolley's published ceramic typology Nos. 43-48; 54-176; 186-203; 217-222; 250-253. It matches the metal vessel typology Nos. 52-79 and Stone vessel typology Nos. 60-92.
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| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 853 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pot. Red clay, wheelmade. Type LXXVIII. =new P.165 |
| 855 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed jar. Coarsely made of drab clay and covered with a glaze now yellow. |
| 856 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed jar. With 2 small loop handles of drab clay covered with a glaze once blue now yellowish white. Type LXVII, but the base is not so distinct. =217 [Probably, typology] |
| 858 | (none) | 1923,1110.55 | (none) | Alabaster pot. Cylindrical, with out-turned flat rim a hole in one side, and most of rim missing. Restored from fragments. [drawing] |
| 881 | (none) | 1923,1110.25 | (none) | Alabaster vase fragment of slightly carinated cylindrical jar in white-veined mackeral alabaster. Inscribed: portions of 2 lines. Probably a dedication to 'Nin'-(gal?) by... [king] 'of Ur' Type RC.5 |
| 882 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster vase fragment of, from rim of cylindrical jar with flat everted rim. Alabaster. First line only, "thing dedicated..." RC.9 |
| 883 | (none) | 1923,1110.56 | (none) | Alabaster vase fragment (about 1/3) of, giving complete section, of carinated cylindrical jar with plain everted rim in pink-veined mackeral alabaster. |
| 886 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster Vase fragment, apparently of a lid, whereon in relief the hind-quarters of a bull lying down left. Coarse alabaster. |
| 895 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Green clay, wheelmade, broken. Roughly wheelmarked over the top half of the pot. Type XLVIII but the rim is not flat but curves outwards. =P97 [drawing] |
| 902 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Greenish, drab clay, wheelmade. Type XII =P205. |
| 908 | (none) | 1923,1110.22 | (none) | Broken alabaster jar. 9 line inscription containing a [ins: 8ft of] [crossed out: dedication to or for (possibly) a] a king of the 3rd Dynasty of Ur by Utti... of Ninni his beloved son. |
| 910 | (none) | 1923,1110.57 | (none) | Alabaster vase. Fragment. |
| 913 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Drab clay, wheelmade. Type LXX =P.137. |
| 954 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Vase. Reddish clay with drab engobbage. Wheelmade. Broken. Type LXXXVII. Not yet used in Vol.'s II, IV, VII, or IX. |
| 1036 | (none) | 1923,1110.80 | (none) | Clay Vase. Handmade. Reddish clay with white slip. [drawing] | |
| 1038 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Model Vase. in light drab clay. Miniature: straight sides, rim round base, everted rim. |
| 1130 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Drab clay. Type XXXVII (but without lines on shoulder) |
| 1138 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay: wheelmade. Type LVII. Not P |
| 1139 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay: wheelmade. Neck broken off. Band of 4 incised lines spirally round body, below neck. Type LVII. |
| 1140 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Yellow clay. Type 665 =P.130 [drawing 1:5] |
| 1143 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Light brown clay: wheelmade. Broken at neck. Type 596 =P.159a [drawing 2:5] |
| 1163 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay jar-handle. (Broken off) Drab clay. In form of nude female figure. It has 13 circles arranged on back. P. [drawing not to scale] |
| 1167 | (none) | 1924,0920.397 | (none) | Fragment from near the rim of an alabaster vase. |
| 1455 | (none) | 1924,0920.395 | (none) | Fragment from the rim of a mottled black and white stone vase, with the remains of an inscription of Ennapadda, priest of Nnar, and son of Ur-Nammu, King of Ur. Cf. U.18224. Cf. Ur Texts No. 25 |
| 1488 | (none) | 1924,0920.143 | (none) | Clay vase. Red clay, drab surface; handmade. (small). With small jug handles (1 broken off?). Not p. [drawing 1:1] |
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