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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3122A | 29-174-3 | (none) | (none) | [A] Pottery vase. Of pinkish ware with narrow base opening out to splayed foot. Type CXCIII. =RC.74, =L9b. (B) Thinner. | |
| 2845B | 29-174-24 | (none) | (none) | Pottery jars. Large of buff ware. Round bottomed. B. slightly different and lip broken. Type CLVII, =RC.220, [the following would seem to apply to (B) only) (not p) | |
| 2654A | 29-174-22 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Clay vases. Buff clay, unglazed. B fragmentary & greenish. Type CXXXII. (not p) Assocd with U.2635 A & B. | |
| 2635A | 29-174-17 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Unglazed greenish buff clay. Type CXXIX =L. (not p) Associated with U.2654 | |
| 2887 | 29-174-16 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Drab ware with pointed base and ribbed rim. Lip broken. Type CXLIII. | |
| 3055 | 29-174-15 | (none) | (none) | Pottery jar. Straightish-sided buff jar with shiny lip. | |
| 2840A | 29-174-13 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Buff ware, with pointed bottom. Larsa period. Type CLIV. =RC.54, =IL40b. (B. slightly variant, of poor quality with flattening of point at bottom: with U.3268 (type CCIV) ESB.21) | |
| 2538 | 29-174-12 | (none) | (none) | Clay Pot. Pinkish drab ware. Found with U.2558 A+B. Type CXX. =P.121. Type drawing in album. | |
| 2798 | 29-174-11 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Red ware with pronounced shoulders and rounded base. Type CXLIX =RC.48 (not p) | |
| 17221 | 19311010.54 | 1931,1010.535 | (none) | Clay vessel. Fragment. Inscribed Ur-^d Iskur, under the following symbol. | |
 | 13 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Ampulla type. Fine red clay, natural surface. Wheelmade. Type IV. |
| 17 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light red rather fine clay, natural surface. Wheelmade. Upper part broken. Type XXX. |
| 42 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Drab clay. Type XXVIII. |
| 46 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab clay. Type XXXII=P.163 |
| 49 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Reddish clay, wheelmade = turning lines on shoulder. Type XXXVII. |
| 86 | (none) | (none) | B15390 | Clay pot. With wheel-turned grooves on shoulder. Much of rim missing. Type XXXVI. [Annotated] Phil | |
| 87 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab ware, wheelmade, with wheel-turned grooves round shoulder. Type XII. |
| 94 | (none) | 1923,1110.47 | (none) | Frgs of alabaster vase. Decorated with winged ram in high relief. [drawing] |
| 104 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay jar. Wheelmade, of pinkish drab clay with creamy white engobbage. Type XV. |
| 105 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay jar. Wheelmade. Pinkish clay with creamy white engobbage. Type XIV |
| 106 | (none) | (none) | B15379 | Clay vase. of red clay. Wheelmade, with hematitic engobbage. Fine ware. Rim partly missing. Type X. [Annotated] Phil | |
| 108 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fr. of alabaster vase. =RC..91a. [drawing] |
| 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 | |
| 146 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Reddish clay, wheelmade, with fine hematitic wash on surface. Type XVIII. |
| 148 | (none) | (none) | B15382 | Clay jar. of Yellowish clay, wheelmade, the surface covered with matte haematitic wash. Type XX. |
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