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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3111 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Drab vase, handmade miniature. Sketch pattern 1:1. [drawing 1:1] |
| 3113 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Drab ware, handmade: a good speciment. Sketch patter 1:2. [drawing 1:2] |
| 3121A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-G] Pottery jars. Of buff ware, very poor quality and design. Type CXCII. Seven others of this type in group. (B) and (C) Slightly larger than type. |
| 3121B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-G]Pottery jars. Of buff ware, very poor quality and design. Type CXCII. Seven others of this type in group. (B) and (C) Slightly larger than type. |
| 3121C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-G] Pottery jars. Of buff ware, very poor quality and design. Type CXCII. Seven others of this type in group. (B) and (C) Slightly larger than type. |
| 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. | |
| 3122B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Pottery vase. Of pinkish ware with narrow base opening out to splayed foot. Type CXCIII. =RC.74, =L9b. (B) Thinner. |
| 3164 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Good speciment of handmade work, with scalloped edge to shoulder. Sketch pattern 1:2. Type as U.1480. [drawing 1:2] |
| 3171 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Pinkish drab ware with open lip and broad cheeks. Type CLII, =RC.135, =P.114. |
| 3183 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Red ware with strong lip and well marked shoulders. Type CLXXIV, =RC.32, ?=L (not p). |
| 3184 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Tall, graceful type of buffware: lip broken. Type CXCV, =L.105, (not p) |
| 3210 | 87-28-11 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Buffware, with rounded base, slighlty downturned lip and rim on neck: specimen well made. Type CXCVII, =RC.44 [possibly reads =RC.214, unclear] (not p) | |
| 3211 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Buffware, round-cheeked and round based. Type CXCVIII, =RC.83, (not p) |
| 3213 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Strong red ware, rather rough. Type CXCIX, =RC.110, (not p) |
| 3214 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Buffware with plain lip and well rounded shoulders. Type XLII, =RC.119, (not p). |
| 3227 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery jar. Buffware, with well rounded sides and footed base. Lip missing. Type XII, =L, =P.205. In tomb group |
| 3228A | 35-1-652 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vases. Buffware, with broad cheeks and rounded base. Type CLXXXV, =RC.83, (not p). | |
| 3228B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery vases. Buffware, with broad cheeks and rounded base. Type CLXXXV, =RC.83, (not p). |
| 3229 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery jar. Long jar, for oil?, probably with rounded bottom. |
| 3238 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of stone vase. Green diorite, broken and riveted in antiquity and with eddges probably intenionally smooth. Type sketch to scale 1:2 [drawing 1:2] |
| 3273 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery jar. Buffware jar, large with wheel mark on shoulder. Lip somewhat broken. Type CCVI, =P.120. |
| 3282 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragments of stone vase. Fine blackish stone cut to show white veining in section. |
| 3364A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed vases. Both type P.126 (A) Glazed brown. (B) (White) has broken lip. |
| 3364B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed vases. Both type P.126 (A) Glazed brown. (B) (White) has broken lip. |
| 6014 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Part of rim and upper portion of pot broken. Type XX. B31. =1L.81 |
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