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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6907 | (none) | 1927,0527.281 | (none) | Miniature vase. Clay. Light drab. Thin delicate ware. Type ? -Larsa? Cf. U.6830. | |
| 7048 | (none) | 1927,0527.284 | (none) | Clay vase. Reddish. Type CCLXXIII. =L. | |
| 6466 | (none) | 1927,0527.285 | (none) | Clay vase. Miniature. Light drab. Type CCXXV (miniature) =RC16 or 243. | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.304 | (none) | (none) | |
 | 6361 | (none) | 1927,0527.31 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster vase. En-an-ni-pad-da priest of nannar son of Urdbau patesi of Lagash. E. |
| 7137 | (none) | 1927,0527.35 | (none) | Clay vase. Glazed. Reddish. Traces of cloth adhering to body of vase. Type. | |
| 6489 | (none) | 1927,0527.56 | (none) | Alabaster vase. White and yellow streaks. Type L stone. Near JN.14. E |
| 6946 | (none) | 1927,0527.58 | (none) | Alabaster vase. Veined, white and yellow. Broken and fragmentary. Type. |
| 6365 | (none) | 1927,0527.67 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster vase. Linear inscription on the flat rim of the mouth. To d'ama-geshtin [x ], wife of Usal, for her life, for her children, has devoted this. E. H.C. |
| 2984B | (none) | 1927,1003.114 | (none) | Pottery Lekythos [in Greek]. Buffware with spread cheeks and rounded base. Neck and lip missing. (B) Reddish buff with lip intact, but bottom broken. Type CLXXXVII, =L., (not p) | |
| 2901B | (none) | 1927,1003.115 | (none) | Pottery vase. Buffware of Larsa type with small knob at base. Lip slightly broken. Type CLXIX =L. (B) Slightly broken. Lip slightly broken. Type CLXIX =L. | |
| 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 | |
| 3047 | (none) | 1927,1003.118 | (none) | Pottery Lekythos [in Greek]. Reddish ware with grey surface. Type LXII (slightly over half size) =P94. | |
| 2723 | (none) | 1927,1003.119 | (none) | Clay pot. Miniature, of wheel-made buff ware. Lip broken. Type CXXXV = RC.131 =P108b | |
| 3304 | (none) | 1927,1003.127 | (none) | Miniature jar. Of faience, originally glazed, with two holes pierced at opposite side of lip. Hole presumably for containing unguents. Type sketch 1:1. in text: Kassite period(16). Cat. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3314A | (none) | 1927,1003.130 | (none) | (A) Small unguent vase of faience originally glazed. Type sketch 1:1. [drawing 1:1] (B) miniature altar (?) of faience originally glazed [drawing 1:1] |
| 3217B | (none) | 1927,1003.131 | (none) | Pottery vases. With slihgtly curved cheeks and small base: buff ware. (B) Smaller and slightly different from type. Type CCI, =RC.14a, =L, =P.74 | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,1003.133 | (none) | (none) | |
| 2783 | (none) | 1927,1003.136 | (none) | Pottery vase. Red ware with slight 'neck'. Type CXLVI. (not p) | |
| 3128 | (none) | 1927,1003.138 | (none) | Clay pot. Head made of drab ware with scalloped shoulders. Sketch pattern 1:2. Type as U.1036. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 2966 | (none) | 1927,1003.140 | (none) | Clay vase. Rough handmade miniature of greenish drab ware with incised decoration. Sketch pattern 1:2. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 2967 | (none) | 1927,1003.141 | (none) | Vase on stand. Drab ware, roughly handmade. Base ornamented with affixed clay discs. Sketch pattern 1:1. [drawing 1:1] | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,1003.277 | (none) | (none) | |
| 2561 | (none) | 1927,1003.74 | (none) | Fragment of burnt alabaster jar with borings for colors of which blue and yellow still distinguishable. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3279 | (none) | 1927,1003.77 | (none) | Fragment of stone vase. White obsidian finely polished. |
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