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)
1038 (none) (none) (none) Model Vase. in light drab clay. Miniature: straight sides, rim round base, everted rim.
1130 (none) (none) (none) Jar. Drab clay. Type XXXVII (but without lines on shoulder)
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.
1140 (none) (none) (none) Jar. Yellow clay. Type 665 =P.130 [drawing 1:5]
1143 (none) (none) (none) Jar. Light brown clay: wheelmade. Broken at neck. Type 596 =P.159a [drawing 2:5]
1163 (none) (none) (none) Clay jar-handle. (Broken off) Drab clay. In form of nude female figure. It has 13 circles arranged on back. P. [drawing not to scale]
1167 (none) 1924,0920.397 (none) Fragment from near the rim of an alabaster vase.
1455 (none) 1924,0920.395 (none) Fragment from the rim of a mottled black and white stone vase, with the remains of an inscription of Ennapadda, priest of Nnar, and son of Ur-Nammu, King of Ur. Cf. U.18224. Cf. Ur Texts No. 25
1488 (none) 1924,0920.143 (none) Clay vase. Red clay, drab surface; handmade. (small). With small jug handles (1 broken off?). Not p. [drawing 1:1]
1490 (none) (none) B15782 Jar. Yellowish clay; handmade. [drawing 1:1]
1512 (none) 1924,0920.140 (none) Juglet. Brown clay; handmade. With incised herring-bone pattern below neck. [drawing 1:1]
1521 (none) (none) (none) Fragment from lip of small alabaster vase with trace of archaic inscription.
1542 (none) 1924,0920.131 (none) Pot. Red drab clay; handmade. With double neck, and suspension hole, between the 2 openings. [drawing 2:5]
1620 (none) (none) (none) Jar. Reddish clay, drab surface; wheelmadel with single handle. Broken off at neck.
1665 (none) 1924,0920.363 (none) Pot. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type CV. [drawing]
1666 (none) 1924,0920.304 (none) Vase. Red clay; wheelmade. Elongated form with pointed bottom, rim broken B. Type CVI. =L.40b (not p)
1667 (none) (none) (none) Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type CVIII. =RC.55. =L (not p)
1668 (none) (none) (none) Jar. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type CVIII. =P.131
1671 (none) (none) (none) Pot. Red clay, drab surface; wheelmade, small. B. Type CXII. =RC.182. =P.90
1673 (none) (none) (none) Jar. Light drab clay: wheelmade. B. Type CXIV. =P.107
1676 (none) 1924,0920.295 (none) Jar. Drab clay; wheelmade, ribbed shoulder. B. Type CXVIII =RC.198. (?L ) not p.
1681 (none) 1924,0920.301 (none) Pot. Red-drab clay; wheelmade. Type LIII. =RC.40 =L (not p)
1689 (none) (none) (none) Jar. Red-drab clay; wheelmade, small. B. Type VII. =RC.120 (not p)
1690 (none) (none) (none) Jar. Drab clay; wheelmade, small; rim broken. B. Type XXXVII. =P.113

Related Terms

Bottles - Pots - Spouted