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)
14044 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type. See field note. [Type] LVII.
14049 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Spill type. Type: see Field Note. [Type] LXXXVI.
14058 (none) 1930,1213.269 (none) Stone vase. Dark green steatite. Cut down. Decorated with bands of rough half circles in relief. Type: see Field Note. ? (U.14059 painted on object)
14072 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as 13536. [Type] XXXIX.
(none) (none) 1930,1213.581 (none) (none)
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.
14279 (none) 1930,1213.248 (none) Stone vase. White calcite. Type LXXVIII. [drawing]
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]
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.
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.
14918 (none) (none) (none) Clay pot. Drab clay. Spouted [spouted is struck through] (broken & removed in paper). JN.90 new
14958 (none) 1930,1213.332 (none) Fragment of zoomorphic clay vase. Light red clay. Only the back preserved, which should be restored as above. [drawing]
14964 (none) (none) (none) Clay vase. Drab ware. Type CCCXXXI. Not in catalog. JN70 new.
14971 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase. Type RC110 (new)
15040 (none) (none) (none) Vase fragment. Steatite? inscribed Ibur. HC.150.
15107 (none) (none) (none) Baked clay vase. Light drab. Type see Field note. Not in catalog.

Related Terms

Bottles - Pots - Spouted