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)
(none) (none) 1928,1010.546 (none) (none)
10076 (none) 1928,1010.475 (none) Stone Vase White calcite Spill Vase Surface poor [drawing] Type 4 (new)
10485 (none) 1928,1010.473 (none) Stone Vase Calcite Squat spill vase type White drab Common type. Base very slightly rounded. Poor condition. Broken and mended. Small portion of rim missing. [drawing] 2:5 Type CII
10486 (none) 1928,1010.472 (none) Stone Vase Calcite Squat spill vase type Broken and mended. Complete. Type CII
10162 (none) 1928,1010.471 (none) Stone Vase Calcite Type LXIII
11140 (none) 1928,1010.470 (none) White Calcite Vase. Broken and mended in antiquity, with bitumen. Type LXIII see Field Note Drawing.
10491 (none) 1928,1010.469 (none) Stone Vase White calcite Surface in poor condition. Complete. Same type as U.10490 Type LXXVI
10064 (none) 1928,1010.468 (none) Stone Vase White calcite good pinkish stone one side of body and rim badly decayed [drawing] Type 91
9689A (none) 1928,1010.465 (none) Vase. White calcite. Type L.
9790 (none) 1928,1010.464 (none) Vase White calcite Type [struck out: LVIVI] LXXIX =64 near
10529 (none) 1928,1010.463 (none) Stone Vase Calcite White Part of rim missing [drawing] Type CVIII
10824K (none) 1928,1010.462 (none) Tomb Group A. A large number of gold and lapis double conoids; order not ascertained owing to extreme confusion in soil. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. C. [C and G] Two copper pins with lapis ball heads. Second broken and decayed. Type V. D. Gold finger ring, plain gold wire on top and bottom, seven spiral gold wires between. E. [E and H] Two silver earrings; 2 1/2 coils each. F. Cockle shells containing brown, blue, and green paint. [I-K Ceramic Vessels not recorded on card, but recorded in UE II L Silver Armlet not recorded on card or in volume, but BM has recorded this object as belonging to this group.]
10824J (none) 1928,1010.460 (none) Tomb Group A. A large number of gold and lapis double conoids; order not ascertained owing to extreme confusion in soil. B. Silver pin with lapis ball head. Type V. C. [C and G] Two copper pins with lapis ball heads. Second broken and decayed. Type V. D. Gold finger ring, plain gold wire on top and bottom, seven spiral gold wires between. E. [E and H] Two silver earrings; 2 1/2 coils each. F. Cockle shells containing brown, blue, and green paint. [I-K Ceramic Vessels not recorded on card, but recorded in UE II L Silver Armlet not recorded on card or in volume, but BM has recorded this object as belonging to this group.]
10711 (none) 1928,1010.459 (none) Stone Vase Calcite White Type LXXXIV
10494 (none) 1928,1010.458 (none) Stone Vase Calcite White; veined [drawing] Type LVII
10493 (none) 1928,1010.457 (none) Vase Calcite White Veined Complete [drawing] Type XXXIX
10919 (none) 1928,1010.456 (none) Vase White translucent calcite [drawing] Type 57
10489 (none) 1928,1010.453 (none) Stone Vase Calcite Light greenish Saucer shaped veined; translucent Type CXIV [drawing] 2:5
10487 (none) 1928,1010.451 (none) Stone Vase calcite greenish Part of surface decayed Broken and mended. Small portion of base missing. [drawing] Type XVII
10515 (none) 1928,1010.449 (none) Stone Vase Calcite White Same Types as U.10,501 except that there is no ridge at the base; sides run down to base in a straight line Badly broken type XVII
10496 (none) 1928,1010.432 (none) Vase Grey & white marble Complete
10500 (none) 1928,1010.431 (none) Stone Vase basic diorite grey Portion of rim missing [drawing] Type [struck out: "XLV"] CVI New type 35 [drawing]
10503 (none) 1928,1010.430 (none) Vase. Greenish grey steatite. Badly broken and mended. Part of rim missing. Type XC. [drawing 2:5]
10521 (none) 1928,1010.426 (none) Stone Jar With lid Small portion of rim of lid missing; part of lid broken & mended Steatite grey [drawing] Type CXI 4 holes in perforated through sides of far below neck spaced out at roughly equidistant intervals; similar hole perforated through middle of lid, presumably these were intended to admit metal (possibly gold) knobs. Inside the jar some vegetable manner to be submitted for analysis
10520 (none) 1928,1010.425 (none) Stone Vase Steatite Greenish grey very fine quality stone Badly broken Type LXII

Related Terms

Bottles - Pots - Spouted