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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 15764 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Type? |
| 16705 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Type IDLXII. = 116P |
| 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. |
| 16357 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Glazed blue. Type LXXXVIII variant. 182aP. [P182a?] |
| 15168 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. White with a red flair. Roughly burnished. Type : CCCXXXIX. Not in catalog. |
| 15157 | 31-16-202 | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Pinkish drab. Incised feathered line decorated upper portion of shoulder. Body of pot has circular bands 15mm wide, running round upper half and vertical striations down lower half. produced by a burnished. Type: CCCXXXIV. Not in catalog. | |
| 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. |
| 15162 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. Type: CCCXLII. Not in catalog. |
| 15167 | 31-16-139 | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. Type: CCCXLI. Not in catalog. | |
| 15107 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. Type see Field note. Not in catalog. |
| 15141 | 31-16-111 | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. Type CCCXXVII. Not in catalog. | |
| 15142 | 31-16-89 | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. Type CCCXXIX. Not in catalog. | |
| 15161 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. Smashed but complete? Not in catalog. |
| 15144 | 31-16-212 | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. Portion of rim missing. Nicked round shoulder. Type: CCCXLIII. Not in catalog. | |
| 15166 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Light drab. Broken but complete. Type: CCCXL. Not in catalog. |
| 15467 | 31-16-130 | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Glazed. Type CCCLXXXVI. 171b. P. [P.171b?] | |
| 15765 | (none) | 1930,1213.203 | (none) | Baked clay vase. Drab. Type? | |
| 15760 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Burnished. Reddish. Very poor condition. Type ? |
| 15759 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Burnished, reddish clay. Type ?. |
| 15158 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Broken but complete. Type: CCCXXXVI. Not in catalog. |
| 15174 | 31-16-115 | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Blue(?) glazed. Surface decayed. Type:CCCL =103b (P) | |
| 15173 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Blue glazed. Pomegranate(?) shaped. Box-like body, umbilical bottom. =new type (P)175 |
| 15451 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabastron. Alabaster. Persian. [drawing 2:5] |
| 6489 | (none) | 1927,0527.56 | (none) | Alabaster vase. White and yellow streaks. Type L stone. Near JN.14. E |
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