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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19298 | (none) | 1935,0112.15 | (none) | Vase. Black clay finely burnished. Type JN 13. Imitation of stone type JN 26. | |
 | 8765 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Calcite. White. Stone type LXIII. |
| 6766 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Copper. Fragmentary. |
| 1139 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay: wheelmade. Neck broken off. Band of 4 incised lines spirally round body, below neck. Type LVII. |
| 1138 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay: wheelmade. Type LVII. Not P |
| 1667 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type CVIII. =RC.55. =L (not p) |
| 1713 | (none) | (none) | B15781 | Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. Broken at rim. Waisted form. [drawing 2:5] | |
| 1692 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. Upper part broken away. B. Type XXIX, but more rounded outline. (not p) |
| 17007 | 31-43-637 | (none) | (none) | Vase. Glass paste (?) Miniature. Type same as U.16388 q.v. to be drawn. | |
| 16101 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Glass paste: blue |
| 17064 | 31-43-232, 31-43-233 | (none) | (none) | Vase. Glass. Miniature with 2 handles. Rim missing. Type. See field note. |
| 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 |
| 10503 | (none) | 1928,1010.430 | (none) | Vase. Greenish grey steatite. Badly broken and mended. Part of rim missing. Type XC. [drawing 2:5] |
| 2524 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Light red clay = Wheel made. Fragment. The outer face decorated, after turning, with a heavy fluting in imitation of metal. Only part of body services and shape is conjectural. [drawing 1:2] |
| 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. | |
| 8733 | 87-28-14 | (none) | (none) | Vase. Limestone. White. Broken in 7 pieces. Part of rim missing. Broken and rivetted in antiquity and stuck together with bitumen. Rivet holes filled up with a white paste that may be burnt gypsum now called plaster of Paris. Portions of copper rivets still intact in rivet holes. Stone type XLV. |
| 7946 | (none) | 1928,1009.501 | (none) | Vase. Limestone. White. Stone type LVI. |
| 16315 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Miniature. Baked clay. Yelllowish drab with clay slip. Type IDLIX. |
| 1666 | (none) | 1924,0920.304 | (none) | Vase. Red clay; wheelmade. Elongated form with pointed bottom, rim broken B. Type CVI. =L.40b (not p) | |
| 8763 | (none) | 1928,1009.523 | (none) | Vase. Stone. Steatite. Dark green. Stone type XC. |
| 10960 | (none) | (none) | B17144 | Vase. White calcite. Chip missing from rim. Type 71. [drawing] | |
| 9689A | (none) | 1928,1010.465 | (none) | Vase. White calcite. Type L. |
| 9647 | (none) | (none) | B17180 | Vase. White calcite. Type LXXVI |
| 9678 | (none) | (none) | B17125 | Vase. White calcite. Type LXXXI | |
| 10927 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. White veined calcite. Type I. [drawing] |
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