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)
6467B (none) (none) (none) 3 miniature clay vases. Light drab. (A) and (B) have a hole pierced in either side of neck.
6467A (none) (none) (none) 3 miniature clay vases. Light drab. (A) and (B) have a hole pierced in either side of neck.
6466 (none) 1927,0527.285 (none) Clay vase. Miniature. Light drab. Type CCXXV (miniature) =RC16 or 243.
6465B (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Light drab. Neck and foot broken. N. [Evage8?]. Card received from mallowan. 1976, Read.
6464 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Light drab. Cf U.6462. Type.
6462B (none) (none) (none) Clay Vase. Light Drab. App. 2 exmaples, acc. Type CCXLIV
6462A (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Light drab. Approximately 2 examples, all [last word unclear], to original type W. Type CCXLIV. =P.196.
6461 (none) (none) B16572 Clay vase. Light drab. Type XXII TEO =RC.149 (not p)
6452 (none) (none) (none) Vessel Vase [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card]
6450B (none) (none) B16639 [This catalog card contains a number of notes discussing typology, these have been transcribed and may contradict]. Clay vases. Light drab. Type [CCXLIII crossed out] CCXVII = 1L.112. Not RC or L. Should it not be Larsa? Also please supply drawing. Original type and [illegible] and tracing of the Larsa type (old 217); I suggest that this should be a variant of that type. Gave it one [illegible] the type in (217); Yes, a shaped [previous word unclear] variant of (217), but the extra drawing and not [illegible as the two are virtually identical.
6450A (none) (none) (none) [This catalog card contains a number of notes discussing typology, these have been transcribed and may contradict]. Clay vases. Light drab. Type [CCXLIII crossed out] CCXVII = 1L.112. Not RC or L. Should it not be Larsa? Also please supply drawing. Original type and [illegible] and tracing of the Larsa type (old 217); I suggest that this should be a variant of that type. Gave it one [illegible] the type in (217); Yes, a shaped [previous word unclear] variant of (217), but the extra drawing and not [illegible as the two are virtually identical.
6449B (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 clay vases. Light drab. Type CCXLV or TO/23 = RC.145 (?) =1L.115 [drawing]
6449A (none) (none) (none) [A-B] 2 clay vases. Light drab. Type CCXLV or TO/23 = RC.145 (?) =1L.115 [drawing]
6443 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Type CCXLI =P.125. In album. [drawing]
6441 (none) (none) (none) Alabaster vase. Broken at top. Type XXIX (stone). B.
6439 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase fragment. Black. Traces of handles. Incised line and ring decoration.
6436A (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Light drab. Type XIX. Altar from U.7053. (not p)
6426 (none) (none) (none) Glazed vase. Clay. Dark drab. Type LXXXVIII. =P.182a.
6415T (none) (none) (none) Group of Clay pots. [A-B] (1)+(2) Type LXX TEO. [C] (3) Type IV TEO. [D] (4) Type LXIII TEO. Misshapen. [E] (5) Type V. TEO. [F] (6) Type LXXIV. Miniature. [G-H] (7)+(8) Type XXVI Miniature flat bowl. RC5 = L [I] (9) Type CLXXIX. Variant. [J-K] (10)+(11) Type XIII. [L] (12) Type XXXIX. RC 160 [M] (13) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [N] (14) cf. [U.]6426. Type LXXXVIII. Glazed. [O] (15) cf. [U.]6427. [P] (16) Type IV TEO. [Q] (17) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [R] (18) Type LXXIV. Miniature. RC170 [S] (19) Type LXIII. TEO. Round hole in side to round handle [handwriting unclear] [T] (20) Type LXXIII TEO. RC 166
6415S (none) (none) (none) Group of Clay pots. [A-B] (1)+(2) Type LXX TEO. [C] (3) Type IV TEO. [D] (4) Type LXIII TEO. Misshapen. [E] (5) Type V. TEO. [F] (6) Type LXXIV. Miniature. [G-H] (7)+(8) Type XXVI Miniature flat bowl. RC5 = L [I] (9) Type CLXXIX. Variant. [J-K] (10)+(11) Type XIII. [L] (12) Type XXXIX. RC 160 [M] (13) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [N] (14) cf. [U.]6426. Type LXXXVIII. Glazed. [O] (15) cf. [U.]6427. [P] (16) Type IV TEO. [Q] (17) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [R] (18) Type LXXIV. Miniature. RC170 [S] (19) Type LXIII. TEO. Round hole in side to round handle [handwriting unclear] [T] (20) Type LXXIII TEO. RC 166
6415R (none) (none) (none) Group of Clay pots. [A-B] (1)+(2) Type LXX TEO. [C] (3) Type IV TEO. [D] (4) Type LXIII TEO. Misshapen. [E] (5) Type V. TEO. [F] (6) Type LXXIV. Miniature. [G-H] (7)+(8) Type XXVI Miniature flat bowl. RC5 = L [I] (9) Type CLXXIX. Variant. [J-K] (10)+(11) Type XIII. [L] (12) Type XXXIX. RC 160 [M] (13) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [N] (14) cf. [U.]6426. Type LXXXVIII. Glazed. [O] (15) cf. [U.]6427. [P] (16) Type IV TEO. [Q] (17) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [R] (18) Type LXXIV. Miniature. RC170 [S] (19) Type LXIII. TEO. Round hole in side to round handle [handwriting unclear] [T] (20) Type LXXIII TEO. RC 166
6415Q (none) (none) (none) Group of Clay pots. [A-B] (1)+(2) Type LXX TEO. [C] (3) Type IV TEO. [D] (4) Type LXIII TEO. Misshapen. [E] (5) Type V. TEO. [F] (6) Type LXXIV. Miniature. [G-H] (7)+(8) Type XXVI Miniature flat bowl. RC5 = L [I] (9) Type CLXXIX. Variant. [J-K] (10)+(11) Type XIII. [L] (12) Type XXXIX. RC 160 [M] (13) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [N] (14) cf. [U.]6426. Type LXXXVIII. Glazed. [O] (15) cf. [U.]6427. [P] (16) Type IV TEO. [Q] (17) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [R] (18) Type LXXIV. Miniature. RC170 [S] (19) Type LXIII. TEO. Round hole in side to round handle [handwriting unclear] [T] (20) Type LXXIII TEO. RC 166
6415P (none) (none) (none) Group of Clay pots. [A-B] (1)+(2) Type LXX TEO. [C] (3) Type IV TEO. [D] (4) Type LXIII TEO. Misshapen. [E] (5) Type V. TEO. [F] (6) Type LXXIV. Miniature. [G-H] (7)+(8) Type XXVI Miniature flat bowl. RC5 = L [I] (9) Type CLXXIX. Variant. [J-K] (10)+(11) Type XIII. [L] (12) Type XXXIX. RC 160 [M] (13) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [N] (14) cf. [U.]6426. Type LXXXVIII. Glazed. [O] (15) cf. [U.]6427. [P] (16) Type IV TEO. [Q] (17) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [R] (18) Type LXXIV. Miniature. RC170 [S] (19) Type LXIII. TEO. Round hole in side to round handle [handwriting unclear] [T] (20) Type LXXIII TEO. RC 166
6415O (none) (none) B16578 Group of Clay pots. [A-B] (1)+(2) Type LXX TEO. [C] (3) Type IV TEO. [D] (4) Type LXIII TEO. Misshapen. [E] (5) Type V. TEO. [F] (6) Type LXXIV. Miniature. [G-H] (7)+(8) Type XXVI Miniature flat bowl. RC5 = L [I] (9) Type CLXXIX. Variant. [J-K] (10)+(11) Type XIII. [L] (12) Type XXXIX. RC 160 [M] (13) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [N] (14) cf. [U.]6426. Type LXXXVIII. Glazed. [O] (15) cf. [U.]6427. [P] (16) Type IV TEO. [Q] (17) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [R] (18) Type LXXIV. Miniature. RC170 [S] (19) Type LXIII. TEO. Round hole in side to round handle [handwriting unclear] [T] (20) Type LXXIII TEO. RC 166
6415N (none) (none) (none) Group of Clay pots. [A-B] (1)+(2) Type LXX TEO. [C] (3) Type IV TEO. [D] (4) Type LXIII TEO. Misshapen. [E] (5) Type V. TEO. [F] (6) Type LXXIV. Miniature. [G-H] (7)+(8) Type XXVI Miniature flat bowl. RC5 = L [I] (9) Type CLXXIX. Variant. [J-K] (10)+(11) Type XIII. [L] (12) Type XXXIX. RC 160 [M] (13) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [N] (14) cf. [U.]6426. Type LXXXVIII. Glazed. [O] (15) cf. [U.]6427. [P] (16) Type IV TEO. [Q] (17) Type XXVI. RC5 = L [R] (18) Type LXXIV. Miniature. RC170 [S] (19) Type LXIII. TEO. Round hole in side to round handle [handwriting unclear] [T] (20) Type LXXIII TEO. RC 166

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Bottles - Pots - Spouted