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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6036 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. |
| 6552 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. |
| 6610 | (none) | (none) | B16626 | Clay vase. Light drab. | |
| 7006 | (none) | (none) | B16604 | Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCLIX =P.193. Neo-Bab? | |
| 7081 | (none) | (none) | B16641 | Clay vase. Light creamy drab. Type [CCXI crossed out] 272 variant narrower rim, belly comes less low. =L. cf. U.7082-3 | |
| 6554 | (none) | 1927,0527.274 | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCXLIV =P.196 [drawing] | |
| 6204 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. L:ight drab. Type LXX. =RC.226. =L. |
| 1036 | (none) | 1923,1110.80 | (none) | Clay Vase. Handmade. Reddish clay with white slip. [drawing] | |
| 20075 | 35-1-608 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Grey ware (smothered). Imitation of stone form. JN 28 (59) In fragments = JN 35 (clay) new | |
| 617 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish-yellow clay. Wheelmade, with four wheel -turned lines (incised round the shoulder). [below] Photo 79. Type XII, but in the lower part more like TypeS XXXII and XLVIII. |
| 616 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish-yellow clay, wheelmade. [below] Type XLVIII = P.97 |
| 7536 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab. [drawing] Type CCLXXXVI. =L Type K67Sole example of this type. It is in the Larsa series, should it remain here? Field note attached, it has not been utilised in grave or pot type analysis. See your remark ? Date |
| 7512 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab. Type CCXLI = P125. in album. prob. Neo-Bab. Grave not in Tab. anal [Tabular analysis?] Found with types CCXLI [crossed out] CCLXXVI and CXX and Fibula U7501. |
| 7531 | (none) | (none) | B17270 | Clay vase. Greenish drab. Type CCLXXXIII=L | |
| 87 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab ware, wheelmade, with wheel-turned grooves round shoulder. Type XII. |
| 2737 | (none) | 1927,1003.116 | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab ware : wheel made with incised circles on shoulder. Lip partly broken. Type CXXXIX =P.112 | |
| 46 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab clay. Type XXXII=P.163 |
| 19602 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab clay. Copy of a stone type like JN 28 |
| 560 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab clay, wheelmade. (Below) Type X. |
| 614 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab clay, wheelmade, mouth broken. [below] Type XXXII. Slightly hollow base. ? P 163 |
| 622 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish clay. Wheelmade. Base missing. [below] Type XLIX. [circled] Not p. |
| 2846A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish buffware, pot type with incised mark on shoulders. Type CLVIII =P.55a |
| 2846B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish buffware, pot type with incised mark on shoulders. Type CLVIII =P.55a |
| 3164 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Good speciment of handmade work, with scalloped edge to shoulder. Sketch pattern 1:2. Type as U.1480. [drawing 1:2] |
| 7639 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Glazed. Yellowish grey background to body. Blue neck. Black spots on shoulder, black vertical lines going down belly to base. 2 concentric black circles on base. |
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