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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 _ | |
 | 7054 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Miniature. Light drab. Handmade. =L. Not typed. [drawing 1:2] |
| 6466 | (none) | 1927,0527.285 | (none) | Clay vase. Miniature. Light drab. Type CCXXV (miniature) =RC16 or 243. | |
| 7042 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Miniature. Light drab. Type CXLII. |
| 7059 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Miniature. Light greenish drab. Type LVII. RC.75. (not p) |
| 6830 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Miniature. Neck lost. Type Not an RC or Larsa type. Is it to be included in Larsa Type? No. cf. U.6307. Larsa? Not typed. [drawing 1:2] |
| 6813 | (none) | (none) | B16605 | Clay vase. Miniature. Peg bottom. Larsa. | |
| 14460 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Miniature. Reddish drab clay. Roughly made. ? Type. See field note. 13L (RC126). Not in catalog. |
| 6524 | (none) | (none) | B16608 | Clay vase. Miniature. Type LVII. | |
| 6198 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Neck broken. Round flate base. Traces of black paint round rim, at below neck and above . Type CCXXXI. =RC.69. =L. |
| 106 | (none) | (none) | B15379 | Clay vase. of red clay. Wheelmade, with hematitic engobbage. Fine ware. Rim partly missing. Type X. [Annotated] Phil | |
| 149 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. of Reddish clay, wheelmade, with drab engobbage surface. Type XXI. |
| 19980 | 35-1-512 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Painted red all over and burnished. In fragments. Type 48 [annotated]. JN | |
| 19979 | 35-1-663 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Painted red all over, but with paint mostly gone. JN | |
| 19986 | (none) | 1935,0112.13 | (none) | Clay vase. Painted red all over. JN 47 |
| 19981 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Painted red and burnished. JN Type 38 JN [Annotated] |
| 6014 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Part of rim and upper portion of pot broken. Type XX. B31. =1L.81 |
| 6597 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Part of rim broken. Type CCXLIX; in album; ? Neo-Babylonian. =P.57. |
| 3171 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Pinkish drab ware with open lip and broad cheeks. Type CLII, =RC.135, =P.114. |
| 20076 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Plain red-painted ware. JN 28 = 38 new |
| 16277 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Plain reddish drab clay with well levigated surface. |
| 16276 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Vase. Plain reddish drab clay. Type CCCCCLV. L81a (new) |
| 2800 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Red and yellow : tabby bowl shape with rounded bottom. Type CL =RC.80 (not p) |
| 2799 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Red and yellow ware: tabby bowl shape with rounded base. Typ CL =RC.80 (not p) |
| 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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