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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 274 | (none) | 1923,1110.29 | (none) | Burnt fragment of alabaster vase. Dedicated by a patesi of UD.NUN.KI. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 2756 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed alabaster vase. Fragment. About BC 2800. H.C. [drawing] |
| 276 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of alabaster jar. Fragment of one sign remains. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 278 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone fragment of vase or jar. Fragment of one sign. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 2782 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Buff ware: graceful shape with knob full. Lip broken. Type CXLV. Uncertain; if type is certain do not include in Larsa series probably = CXLII L.107 see typed. |
| 2783 | (none) | 1927,1003.136 | (none) | Pottery vase. Red ware with slight 'neck'. Type CXLVI. (not p) | |
| 2785 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Drab ware with narrow neck and traces of smoke. Lip missing: round bottom. Type CXLVIII =RC.50 (not p) |
| 2788 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature clay vase. Hand-made of drab clay: very rough. Type as U.1419. Sketch pattern, giving height and diameters to scale 1:1. cf. RC.230. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2798 | 29-174-11 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Red ware with pronounced shoulders and rounded base. Type CXLIX =RC.48 (not p) | |
| 2799 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Red and yellow ware: tabby bowl shape with rounded base. Typ CL =RC.80 (not p) |
| 280 | (none) | 1923,1110.34 | (none) | Fragment of black stone vase. With circular depressions for inlay on side and bottom. The inlay remains in two cases. Four rows decreasing in size on side. Above bottom rim an inscription reading "Dungi, the mighty man, king..." |
| 2800 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Red and yellow : tabby bowl shape with rounded bottom. Type CL =RC.80 (not p) |
| 2807 | (none) | 1927,1003.78 | (none) | Fragment of polished vase. Black obsidian. [drawing 1:1] |
| 282 | (none) | (none) | B14951 | Fragment of stone vase. On side, decoration of concentric circles. On base, inscription, "(Na)ram-S(in)" |
| 283 | (none) | (none) | B14952, B14952 | Fragment of stone vase. One side, decoration of concentric circles. On base ends of lines of a column of inscription. |
| 2835 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Drab clay miniature, handmade slightly broken at lip. Sketch pattern 1:1. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2836 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Buff, round-bottomed, with pronounced shoulders. Type CLI. =RC.41. not p. |
| 2837 | 29-174-9 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Buff ware with downturned lip. Type CLII. =RC. 135 =P.114 | |
| 2838 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Buff ware: waisted vase. |
| 2840A | 29-174-13 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Buff ware, with pointed bottom. Larsa period. Type CLIV. =RC.54, =IL40b. (B. slightly variant, of poor quality with flattening of point at bottom: with U.3268 (type CCIV) ESB.21) | |
| 2840B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Buff ware, with pointed bottom. Larsa period. Type CLIV. =RC.54, =IL40b. (B. slightly variant, of poor quality with flattening of point at bottom: with U.3268 (type CCIV) ESB.21) |
| 2841 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Buff ware with gently wrinkled sides. Type CLV. =RC.14b (not p) W |
| 2842 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Red ware: lip broken. Type CLVI. =RC.110 (not p) |
| 2843 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Drab ware, broad-bellied and round bottomed. Type CL. =RC.80 |
| 2844A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery bowl. String buff color: broken through at base. Type CXXI =RC.3, =L, =P29 |
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