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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 15112 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Grey semi-translucent calcite. Type XXI (RC19.b) JN35 |
| 15143 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. Type: CCCXXVIII. New JN49. Not in catalog. |
| 15155 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. With one lug handle. Line of incised wedges round upper portion of shoulder. TO Type: XXVII Not in catalog. |
| 15158 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Broken but complete. Type: CCCXXXVI. Not in catalog. |
| 15161 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. Smashed but complete? Not in catalog. |
| 15162 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. Type: CCCXLII. Not in catalog. |
| 15166 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. Broken but complete. Type: CCCXL. Not in catalog. |
| 15168 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. White with a red flair. Roughly burnished. Type : CCCXXXIX. Not in catalog. |
| 15170 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Reddish drab. Type: CCCXLIV. [drawing 2:5] |
| 15173 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Blue glazed. Pomegranate(?) shaped. Box-like body, umbilical bottom. =new type (P)175 |
| 15184 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bottle. Blue glazed. Type: CCCLIII. P.169. |
| 15185 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Blue glazed. Type: CCCLIV. P.168a. |
| 15186 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Blue glazed. Type: [CCCLV crossed out] New type P.124. |
| 15196 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab. Egg-shell ware. Baked. Type: CCXXXVI. 3bP [P.3b?] |
| 15198 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Blue-green glazed. Type:CCL. 103b P [P.103b?] |
| 15200 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Blue glazed. Type: XCIII. Variant, straight neck. New 103a P [P.103a?] |
| 15364 | (none) | 1930,0012.13, 1930,1213.290 | (none) | Clay goblet. Green clay. (flattened at the mouth in firing) Type CCCXLVIII. | |
| 15375 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. TO painted ware. Black on cream (intact) Type (the base curiously heavy & trimmed with a knife) CCLXIII. =aU.39. |
| 15401 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Blue glazed. Type CCCL (squat variant).=P.103b TA |
| 15442 | (none) | (none) | (none) | [card missing] |
| 15451 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabastron. Alabaster. Persian. [drawing 2:5] |
| 15466 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Originally blue(?) With 2 handles. Type CCCLXXXV. 227. P. [P.227?] |
| 15567 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup. TO painted ware (n fragments) Chocolate-brown on drab. Type CCCXLV. 25. [drawing] |
| 15599 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay jug. Light red ware (broken & in bad condition) Handmade. Type CCCXCII. |
| 15611 | (none) | 1930,0012.13 | (none) | Stone vase. Fragment. In mottled dark grey & white marble fragment with part of flat base and side. [drawing] |
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