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)
14209 31-16-383 (none) (none) Stone Vase. White calcite. [Type] XXXIX.
14223 (none) (none) (none) Stone Vase. White calcite. Type: same as U.13593. [Type] 39.
14224 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Part of rim missing. Type: similar to U.14223. [Type] XXXIX.
14230 31-16-461 (none) (none) Stone vase. Trough type with lug handles. Badly smashed.
14235 31-16-432 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Surface in very poor condition. Type: same as U.13593. [Type] XXXIX.
14263 31-16-389 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Most of the rim missing. Type: same as U.13593. [Type 34]
14279 (none) 1930,1213.248 (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXXVIII. [drawing]
14294 31-16-390 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type XXXIX (variant slightly more bellied). Same as U.14016
14309 31-16-388 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LVII. [drawing 2:5]
14332 31-16-410 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type XVIII. [drawing 2:5]
14402 31-16-391 (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LII. [drawing]
14421 31-17-338 (none) (none) Clay vase. Miniature. Type 2M63. Not in catalog. [drawing 1:1]
14442A (none) (none) (none) Baked clay vase. Light drab. Type CCCLXXX. [annotation on card] This is type a U.34!. Sir Leonard Woolley thinks this old type no. may be duplicated, but there is no trace of another type drawing for CCCLXXX. Ignore pot.
14445 (none) 1935,0113.392 (none) Clay pot. Miniature. Red clay. Roughly made. JN91. Not in catalog. [drawing]
14456 (none) 1930,1213.177 (none) Potsherds. Of Jemdat Nasr type with 3-color decoration all from one pot, but making up only a female fr. of it (see sketch in field notes). [Annotated] Card received from Mallowan, 1976
14460 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Miniature. Reddish drab clay. Roughly made. ? Type. See field note. 13L (RC126). Not in catalog.
14463 (none) (none) (none) Model clay vase. Reddish drab clay. JN163. Not in catalog.
14466B (none) 1930,1213.244 (none) Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type CVI. [drawing 2:5]
14467A 31-16-393 (none) (none) Stone vase. Calcite. White. Type LXXVIII. [drawing 2:5]
14468A (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Calcite. White. Spill type. Type LXXXVI. [drawing 2:5]
14469A (none) (none) (none) Ostrich shell. Badly smashed. One end decorated with mother of pearl rectangular strips and shell inlay in form of small triangles set on bitumen.
14473B (none) (none) (none) Pot Sherds, Various, colored, all collected from stratum between 750 and 850, mostly about 820.
14481 31-16-392 (none) (none) Stone vase. Grey marble(?) (translucent) Miniature. (rim all chipped away). Type RC.106 [drawing 1:1]
14485 (none) 1930,1213.181 (none) Pottery fragment. Part of the shoulder & rim of a small vase of light red clay. On the shoulder decoration in red paint thus: Shape more or less thus: [Type newar 51(JN). [drawing]
14491 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Drab clay. Type RC83C. [drawing] Not in catalog.

Related Terms

Bottles - Pots - Spouted