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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 762 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay jar. Drab clay, wheelmade. Type LXIII. =P.73 |
| 7613 | 30-12-175 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCCIII = JN. 162 | |
| 761 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay jar. Brownish - drab clay. Wheelmade, broken. Type L, but with a rim instead of an unbroken contour. Type 761 =P.78 [drawing] |
| 759 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay. Pot. Drab clay. Wheelmade. Type LVIII =RC.165 =P.199. |
| 7585 | (none) | (none) | B17268 | Clay vase. Glazed. Blue glaze mostly flaked off. Type CCXLI variant =P.125. Neo-Babylonian. | |
| 758 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Drab clay. Glazed red. wheelmade. Type LXXI =P.140 found with U.757 |
| 7577 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Glazed, blue. Bleached white. Perforated on either side immediately below rim. Type CCXCIII |
| 7559 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Glazed. Originally blue, bleached. Type LXXXVIII =P182A Persian |
| 7536 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab. [drawing] Type CCLXXXVI. =L Type K67Sole example of this type. It is in the Larsa series, should it remain here? Field note attached, it has not been utilised in grave or pot type analysis. See your remark ? Date |
| 7535 | 30-12-194 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCLXXXV =L | |
| 7533C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 clay miniature vases. Light drab. Type CCLXXXIV.=L Larsa Period |
| 7533B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 clay miniature vases. Light drab. Type CCLXXXIV =L. Larsa Period |
| 7533A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] 3 clay miniature vases. Light drab. Type CCLXXXIV=L. Larsa Period |
| 7531 | (none) | (none) | B17270 | Clay vase. Greenish drab. Type CCLXXXIII=L | |
| 7527 | 30-12-211 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCLXXXII=IL.118 found with type XX, | |
| 7521 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCLXXIX=P58 |
| 7520 | 30-12-178 | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Upper portion cracked. Type CCLXVIII.=IL.22.a | |
| 7514 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Type CCLXXIII [crossed out] CCCII. |
| 7512 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Greenish drab. Type CCXLI = P125. in album. prob. Neo-Bab. Grave not in Tab. anal [Tabular analysis?] Found with types CCXLI [crossed out] CCLXXVI and CXX and Fibula U7501. |
| 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 |
| 7500 | (none) | 1928,1009.431 | (none) | Stone vase. Fragment. Blue steatite. Carved in low relief. On left, portion of man's left arm and waist and on right, a beast with head bent downwards, one horn complete one fragmentary. Above, fragment of a scorpion? Possibly a portion of fragmentary vase of similar material in low relief U.231 found in 1925 dedicated by Rimush of Agade c.2650 BC. [drawing 1:1] BM could not trace this object in May 1935. (proper to Vol. VII) |
| 7143 | (none) | 1927,0527.264 | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Peg shaped. Type. E. |
| 7140A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Light drab. Rope decoration round neck and incised lines wavy. 3 upturned hooks inside to hold strainer? Ring base. |
| 7140 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta plaque. Fragment. Warriors on either side of doorway of shrine. Lances standing upright from the ground: above crescent moon, geese and fish. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7137 | (none) | 1927,0527.35 | (none) | Clay vase. Glazed. Reddish. Traces of cloth adhering to body of vase. Type. |
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