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)
(none) (none) (none) B15791 (none)
(none) (none) (none) B15786 (none)
1693 (none) (none) B15785 Jar. Red clay; wheelmade. B. Type CXIX. =RC.179
(none) (none) (none) B15784 (none)
(none) (none) (none) B15783 (none)
1490 (none) (none) B15782 Jar. Yellowish clay; handmade. [drawing 1:1]
1713 (none) (none) B15781 Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. Broken at rim. Waisted form. [drawing 2:5]
1751 (none) (none) B15767 Vase. Light red clay, creamy engobbage. Handmade. Ornament incised before baking, design of 5 geese in a row and a palm tree. P.
796 (none) (none) B15395 Glaze jar of creamy white clay covered with glaze originally dark greenish blue, now mostly blanched white. Type XCIII =P.108a [drawing]
921 (none) (none) B15394 Clay Goblet. Drab clay, wheelmade. Half the cup broken. Type LXXVI =P.167
639 (none) (none) B15392 Clay jar. Reddish clay with drab engobbage. Wheelmade. Broken. [below] Type LII. RC.227. [circled] not p.
86 (none) (none) B15390 Clay pot. With wheel-turned grooves on shoulder. Much of rim missing. Type XXXVI. [Annotated] Phil
662 (none) (none) B15389 Pot of green ware, complete. On body, mark incised [reference drawing] after baking. [below] Photo. 77.Type LXX = [crossed out] new P. 137. P.91a. [drawing]
768 (none) (none) B15388 Clay pot. Drab clay. Wheelmade. Type LXIX, as far as the upper part goes, but it narrows down to the base more rapidly. =P.181
793 (none) (none) B15387 Clay pot of creamy white ware, finely finished. Flat base. Type LXXXIII =P.135 [drawing]
148 (none) (none) B15382 Clay jar. of Yellowish clay, wheelmade, the surface covered with matte haematitic wash. Type XX.
143 (none) (none) B15381 Clay vase. Elongated goblet form, of greenish drab paste, wheelmade and well turned one of a pair. Type XVI. =RC.73.=L.68
894 (none) (none) B15380 Clay pot. Drab clay. Wheelmade. Type LVII, but squatter. Not p.
106 (none) (none) B15379 Clay vase. of red clay. Wheelmade, with hematitic engobbage. Fine ware. Rim partly missing. Type X. [Annotated] Phil
413 (none) (none) B15235 Clay vase. Roughly wheelmade of plain drab clay. Type XVI. Miniature. RC.73=L(?)68a [drawing 1:1]
699 (none) (none) B15233 Pot. Covered with greenish white glaze (broken and mended, bits missing) Type 653 =P.93 [drawing 1:1]
887 (none) (none) B14985 Alabaster Vase fragments of, fitted together (plain) giving complete section.
860 (none) (none) B14984 Alabaster pot. Cylindrical, carinated sides, flat everted rim. Restored from fragments and about half missing.
859 (none) (none) B14983 Alabaster pot. A plain cylinder with very slight ridge round base and rim. Restored from fragments, rim chipped and part of one side missing.
8399 (none) (none) B14980 Stone vase. Pot of white calcite. The rim badly chipped. Type LXXXVII.

Related Terms

Bottles - Pots - Spouted