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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7140A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Rope decoration round neck and incised lines wavy. 3 upturned hooks inside to hold strainer? Ring base. |
| 7140 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta plaque. Fragment. Warriors on either side of doorway of shrine. Lances standing upright from the ground: above crescent moon, geese and fish. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7511 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Greenish drab. Type CXX,=p.121 variant. Slightly higher neck and thicker rim. Found with types CCXLI and CCLXXVI and fibula U.7501 |
| 7512 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab. Type CCXLI = P125. in album. prob. Neo-Bab. Grave not in Tab. anal [Tabular analysis?] Found with types CCXLI [crossed out] CCLXXVI and CXX and Fibula U7501. |
| 7514 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCLXXIII [crossed out] CCCII. |
| 7520 | 30-12-178 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Upper portion cracked. Type CCLXVIII.=IL.22.a | |
| 7521 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCLXXIX=P58 |
| 7527 | 30-12-211 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCLXXXII=IL.118 found with type XX, | |
| 7531 | (none) | (none) | B17270 | Clay vase. Greenish drab. Type CCLXXXIII=L | |
| 7533A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 clay miniature vases. Light drab. Type CCLXXXIV=L. Larsa Period |
| 7533B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 clay miniature vases. Light drab. Type CCLXXXIV =L. Larsa Period |
| 7533C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 clay miniature vases. Light drab. Type CCLXXXIV.=L Larsa Period |
| 7535 | 30-12-194 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCLXXXV =L | |
| 7536 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab. [drawing] Type CCLXXXVI. =L Type K67Sole example of this type. It is in the Larsa series, should it remain here? Field note attached, it has not been utilised in grave or pot type analysis. See your remark ? Date |
| 7559 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Glazed. Originally blue, bleached. Type LXXXVIII =P182A Persian |
| 7577 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Glazed, blue. Bleached white. Perforated on either side immediately below rim. Type CCXCIII |
| 7585 | (none) | (none) | B17268 | Clay vase. Glazed. Blue glaze mostly flaked off. Type CCXLI variant =P.125. Neo-Babylonian. | |
| 7613 | 30-12-175 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCCIII = JN. 162 | |
| 7635 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type XXXIX = RC.89. |
| 7638 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type LII stone |
| 7639 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Glazed. Yellowish grey background to body. Blue neck. Black spots on shoulder, black vertical lines going down belly to base. 2 concentric black circles on base. |
| 7645 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White. Blackened by fire. Type III. |
| 7652 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Dark green. Basic diorite. Blackened by fire. Type LV stone |
| 7654 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Calcite. White, yellowish veins. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Part of rim missing. Type LVI. |
| 7667 | 30-12-163 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Miniature. In form of a nut? with flattened body. Dark greenish drab. Chipped on one side. [drawing 3:4 approx.] Type _ |
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