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)
8443 (none) (none) (none) Vase Calcite White Broken - part of rim missing Stone type V
8406 (none) (none) (none) Vase Calcite White Stone type LXIII
8709 (none) (none) (none) Vase Calcite White Stone type LXXVIII
9220 (none) (none) (none) Vase Calcite White Stone type LXXXIV
9218 (none) (none) (none) Vase Calcite White Stone type XXXIX.
10493 (none) 1928,1010.457 (none) Vase Calcite White Veined Complete [drawing] Type XXXIX
8445 (none) (none) (none) Vase Calcite White Veined Part of rim missing Blackened by fire Stone type LXXXI
8498 (none) (none) (none) Vase Calcite White, translucent Stone type LVIII
9007 (none) (none) B17119 Vase Calcite Yellowish Stone Type LXIII
10852 (none) 1928,1010.421 (none) Vase Greenish grey steatite [drawing] Type [struck out: "44 (new)"] to be drawn as 74 On the flat rim is incised a bulls leg
10496 (none) 1928,1010.432 (none) Vase Grey & white marble Complete
9539 (none) (none) B17147 Vase Oolite? Grey Probably cut down in antiquity from a tall spill vase. Surface badly chipped and pitted Type L1.
9148 (none) 1928,1009.509 (none) Vase White calcite Spill vase. Type LXXXVI.
9311 (none) (none) B17181 Vase White Calcite Type III
9677 (none) (none) B17113 Vase White calcite Type LXIII
10784 (none) (none) (none) Vase White calcite Type LXIII
9113 (none) (none) (none) Vase White calcite Type LXXVI (New 86)
10783 (none) (none) (none) Vase White calcite Type LXXVIII
9790 (none) 1928,1010.464 (none) Vase White calcite Type [struck out: LVIVI] LXXIX =64 near
10854 (none) (none) B17104 Vase White calcite [drawing] Type I Much of the rim missing
10919 (none) 1928,1010.456 (none) Vase White translucent calcite [drawing] Type 57
8770 (none) (none) (none) Vase Calcite Yellowish Stone type LXXVIII
17083 (none) 1935,0113.396 (none) Vase baked clay. Greenish drab. Type 1)LXVII. =195P
15040 (none) (none) (none) Vase fragment. Steatite? inscribed Ibur. HC.150.
2715A (none) (none) (none) Vase fragments. Drab ware with snakes in relief: both have incised diamond pattern. Sketches. [drawing]

Related Terms

Bottles - Pots - Spouted