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)
910 (none) 1923,1110.57 (none) Alabaster vase. Fragment.
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.
90709 (none) 1931,1010.586 (none) (none)
9054 (none) (none) (none) Copper vase Portion of lower part of one side missing Metal vase Type 17
902 (none) (none) (none) Clay pot. Greenish, drab clay, wheelmade. Type XII =P205.
9007 (none) (none) B17119 Vase Calcite Yellowish Stone Type LXIII
8998 (none) 1928,1009.497 (none) Stone vase. White calcite. rim chipped. Type LXIII.
8980 (none) (none) (none) Vase. White calcite. Type LXXXV.
8979 (none) (none) (none) Spill-vase. (broken) White calcite. Type LXXXVI.
8978 (none) (none) (none) Vase. White calcite. Spill Vase. Type LXXXVI.
8951 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Green steatite. (Broken) The whole outer surface is covered with a decoration in bands of alternating zigzags and bead-like dots in relief. Type C. [drawing]
8950 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Green steatite. (Broken) The surface is covered with a decoration like plano-convex birds upside down. Type VI. [drawing]
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]
8949 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White Calcite. Type LXXXVI
8948 (none) 1928,1009.505 (none) Stone vase. White Calcite. Type XXXVII.
8947 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White Calcite. Type XXXVII.
8946 (none) 1928,1009.496 (none) Stone vase. White Calcite. Type LXIII.
8945 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White Callcite. Type LXIII.
8944 (none) (none) B17115 Stone vase. White Calcite. Type LXIII.
8943 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White Calcite. Type LXIII.
8942 (none) 1928,1009.495 (none) Stone vase. White Calcite. Type LXIII.
8941 (none) 1928,1009.504 (none) Stone vase. Type XCIX.
8940 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Type XL.
894 (none) (none) B15380 Clay pot. Drab clay. Wheelmade. Type LVII, but squatter. Not p.
8939 (none) 1928,1009.502 (none) Stone vase. White Calcite Type XXXIX.

Related Terms

Bottles - Pots - Spouted