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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 7511 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Greenish drab. Type CXX,=p.121 variant. Slightly higher neck and thicker rim. Found with types CCXLI and CCLXXVI and fibula U.7501 |
| 17064 | 31-43-232, 31-43-233 | (none) | (none) | Vase. Glass. Miniature with 2 handles. Rim missing. Type. See field note. |
| 16101 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Glass paste: blue |
| 17007 | 31-43-637 | (none) | (none) | Vase. Glass paste (?) Miniature. Type same as U.16388 q.v. to be drawn. | |
| 1692 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. Upper part broken away. B. Type XXIX, but more rounded outline. (not p) |
| 1713 | (none) | (none) | B15781 | Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. Broken at rim. Waisted form. [drawing 2:5] | |
| 1667 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type CVIII. =RC.55. =L (not p) |
| 1138 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay: wheelmade. Type LVII. Not P |
| 1139 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay: wheelmade. Neck broken off. Band of 4 incised lines spirally round body, below neck. Type LVII. |
| 6766 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Copper. Fragmentary. |
| 8765 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Calcite. White. Stone type LXIII. |
| 19298 | (none) | 1935,0112.15 | (none) | Vase. Black clay finely burnished. Type JN 13. Imitation of stone type JN 26. | |
| 17084 | (none) | 1931,1010.539 | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. With 4 hug handles and incised decoration. Type 1)LXVIII. =L. | |
| 17301 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Light drab. With incised decoration of a tree one side and vagina on the other: above, hands of a combed and hatched ornament. Type: 1DLXIX =L.54a. |
| 17001 | 31-43-590, 31-43-590 | (none) | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Light drab. Neck inscribed. (NIG-GA makkur) ^dSin. Possibly a proper name but more probably means property of Sin, the pot being intended for the reception of offerings to that god. Also a neck a crescent and a gryphon. Inscription and design engraved after baking. Persian. | |
| 17082 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Light drab. Neck decorated with six false spouts. Type I)LXVI = 1L.128 |
| 17302 | (none) | 1935,0113.394 | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Greenish grey. Incised decoration with white paste filling in the incisions. Part missing [drawing 4:5] | |
| 17303 | (none) | 1935,0113.395 | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Glazed. Two handles. Originally green. Type 1D LXXI. =225P. | |
| 16786 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Glazed. Originally blue, bleached white. Type ?LXI = 102b P |
| 17403 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Glazed. Blue bleached white. Type 1DLXXI. Persian. =225P. |
| 17304 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Glazed. Bleached white. Two handles. Type 1D LXXII. =226P. |
| 17081 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Baked clay. Decorated with a incised vagina and an incised band of circles. Type -I)LXIV- I)LXV =IL. 51b |
| 16169 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Apple green glazed baked clay. |
| 6776B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Alabaster. White. Inscribed. En-an-ni-pad-da, priest of Nannar son of Ur Bau, patesi of Lagash. Type II. (JN 19 near) Enter in Larsa catalog [last word may be incorrect] B. |
| 7070 | (none) | (none) | B16222 | Vase. Alabaster. White. Fragment. Type. Ur. |
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