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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10824K | (none) | 1928,1010.462 | (none) | Tomb Group A. A large number of gold and lapis double conoids; order not ascertained owing to extreme confusion in soil. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. C. [C and G] Two copper pins with lapis ball heads. Second broken and decayed. Type V. D. Gold finger ring, plain gold wire on top and bottom, seven spiral gold wires between. E. [E and H] Two silver earrings; 2 1/2 coils each. F. Cockle shells containing brown, blue, and green paint. [I-K Ceramic Vessels not recorded on card, but recorded in UE II L Silver Armlet not recorded on card or in volume, but BM has recorded this object as belonging to this group.] |
| 10529 | (none) | 1928,1010.463 | (none) | Stone Vase Calcite White Part of rim missing [drawing] Type CVIII |
| 9790 | (none) | 1928,1010.464 | (none) | Vase White calcite Type [struck out: LVIVI] LXXIX =64 near |
| 9689A | (none) | 1928,1010.465 | (none) | Vase. White calcite. Type L. |
| 10064 | (none) | 1928,1010.468 | (none) | Stone Vase White calcite good pinkish stone one side of body and rim badly decayed [drawing] Type 91 |
| 10491 | (none) | 1928,1010.469 | (none) | Stone Vase White calcite Surface in poor condition. Complete. Same type as U.10490 Type LXXVI |
| 11140 | (none) | 1928,1010.470 | (none) | White Calcite Vase. Broken and mended in antiquity, with bitumen. Type LXIII see Field Note Drawing. |
| 10162 | (none) | 1928,1010.471 | (none) | Stone Vase Calcite Type LXIII |
| 10486 | (none) | 1928,1010.472 | (none) | Stone Vase Calcite Squat spill vase type Broken and mended. Complete. Type CII |
| 10485 | (none) | 1928,1010.473 | (none) | Stone Vase Calcite Squat spill vase type White drab Common type. Base very slightly rounded. Poor condition. Broken and mended. Small portion of rim missing. [drawing] 2:5 Type CII |
| 10076 | (none) | 1928,1010.475 | (none) | Stone Vase White calcite Spill Vase Surface poor [drawing] Type 4 (new) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.546 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.577 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.620 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.625 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.626 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.628 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.629 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.630 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.636 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.787 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.818 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.850 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.855 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.871 | (none) | (none) |
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