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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1673 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Light drab clay: wheelmade. B. Type CXIV. =P.107 |
| 1676 | (none) | 1924,0920.295 | (none) | Jar. Drab clay; wheelmade, ribbed shoulder. B. Type CXVIII =RC.198. (?L ) not p. | |
| 16786 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Glazed. Originally blue, bleached white. Type ?LXI = 102b P |
| 1681 | (none) | 1924,0920.301 | (none) | Pot. Red-drab clay; wheelmade. Type LIII. =RC.40 =L (not p) | |
| 1689 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Red-drab clay; wheelmade, small. B. Type VII. =RC.120 (not p) |
| 1690 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Drab clay; wheelmade, small; rim broken. B. Type XXXVII. =P.113 |
| 1691 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Light drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type XXXVI. =P.127 |
| 1692 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. Upper part broken away. B. Type XXIX, but more rounded outline. (not p) |
| 1693 | (none) | (none) | B15785 | Jar. Red clay; wheelmade. B. Type CXIX. =RC.179 | |
| 1696 | (none) | 1924,0920.396 | (none) | Alabaster vase. Fragment. With remains of archaic inscription. |
| 17 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light red rather fine clay, natural surface. Wheelmade. Upper part broken. Type XXX. |
| 17001 | 31-43-590, 31-43-590 | (none) | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Light drab. Neck inscribed. (NIG-GA makkur) ^dSin. Possibly a proper name but more probably means property of Sin, the pot being intended for the reception of offerings to that god. Also a neck a crescent and a gryphon. Inscription and design engraved after baking. Persian. | |
| 17007 | 31-43-637 | (none) | (none) | Vase. Glass paste (?) Miniature. Type same as U.16388 q.v. to be drawn. | |
| 17033B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Earring. Gold. Lunate end. [drawing 1:1] [B UE IX p.100 listed as pottery] |
| 17064 | 31-43-232, 31-43-233 | (none) | (none) | Vase. Glass. Miniature with 2 handles. Rim missing. Type. See field note. |
| 17081 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Decorated with a incised vagina and an incised band of circles. Type -I)LXIV- I)LXV =IL. 51b |
| 17082 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Light drab. Neck decorated with six false spouts. Type I)LXVI = 1L.128 |
| 17083 | (none) | 1935,0113.396 | (none) | Vase baked clay. Greenish drab. Type 1)LXVII. =195P | |
| 17084 | (none) | 1931,1010.539 | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. With 4 hug handles and incised decoration. Type 1)LXVIII. =L. | |
| 1713 | (none) | (none) | B15781 | Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. Broken at rim. Waisted form. [drawing 2:5] | |
| 17149 | (none) | 1930,1213.467 | (none) | Clay bowl. Large, with flat base and straight somewhat everted sides. Al 'Obaid ware with a band of decoration in black round the rim and just above the base broken and incomplete, but a considerable fragment. Type aU.51 [Al 'Obaid typology?] [drawing] | |
| 17183 | 31-43-281 | (none) | (none) | White calcite vase. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 17185 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of zoomorphic vase. With the head of a ram in the round : the eyes and locks of the fleece are applique in clay dabs. [drawing] |
| 1719 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Brown clay; wheelmade. Type CXIX. |
| 17221 | 19311010.54 | 1931,1010.535 | (none) | Clay vessel. Fragment. Inscribed Ur-^d Iskur, under the following symbol. |
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