Lids
This category includes pieces separate from the vessel, used to block the mouth.
This category includes pieces separate from the vessel, used to block the mouth. It is usually of a conical shape with a knob on the top. The height is less than the diameter.
This category matches Woolley's published ceramic vessel typology no. 247. It does not match any category in his metal and stone typology.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 485 | (none) | (none) | B15278 | Ivory box-lid. Circular, rebated below to fit onto the top of a vase (U.476?): the upper surface decorated with concentric circles and radiating lines lightly incised, the lower similarly decorated. |
| 1118A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Box-lid. 3 fragments. Adorned with snakes in relief: light drab clay. (cf. U.1117) [drawing 2:5] |
| 1118C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Box-lid. 3 fragments. Adorned with snakes in relief: light drab clay. (cf. U.1117) [drawing 2:5] |
| 1134 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay jar-stopper. Fragment with impression of archaic cylinder seal. Erect animals and men. (the sealing defaced by impression of thumb-mark) [drawing 1:1] |
| 1501 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Box lid. Fragment. Drab clay. With boss handle and snake in relief. [drawing 2:5] |
| 1541A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Box lid. Red clay, with boss handle and adorned with snakes. Part missing, the remainder in 2 pieces (A and B). Found with and probably belonging to box U.1540. [drawing: not to scale] |
| 1703 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Box-lid. Fragment, with boss handle and spotted snake decoration. [drawing 1:4] |
| 2528 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay jar stopper. Drab ware, broken off at end. Sketch. [drawing 1:2] |
| 2717 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay stopper [stopper crossed out and replaced with ear-stand?] Fine quality baked clay. Fragmentary. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2906 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed pot lid. White fist painted with black and yellow small handle-knob and two holes in line of diameter. |
| 3189 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot lid. Pinkish drab ware with incised lines. (not p) [drawing 1:1] |
| 3207 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone pot lid. Pinkish volcanic stone with incised lines radiating from center which is pierced. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6113 | (none) | (none) | B16224 | Round stone lid. Green. Chipped. E. [drawing] |
| 6433 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pot cover. Glazed clay. Knob handle and two holes on on either side of it at edge. [drawing 1:1] |
| 6606 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lid of vase. Clay, baked. Decorated on top with concentric circles. |
| 7560 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Reclining bull. Mottled marble. Head missing. Bull rests on outside of hollowed cylinder and may be part of a decorative handle. [drawing 1:1] |
| 7903 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ivory box lid. Circular. Convex above with line border and central rosette, 12-petalled: rabetted below to fit circular box. |
| 8254 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pot lid. Baked clay. Pinkish with knob handle. [drawing] not to scale. |
| 8576 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold cap from a pin-head? |
| 12491 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Circular box lid of fine white steatite (?) with flat-topped central knob handle. |
| 12776D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of objects: (A) Small fragment of obsidian vase. (B) [.1-.6] 3 long clay bugles, imitation of beads cut from core of shell. (C) Obsidian chip. (D) Jar - stopper of mud and lime, circular, one face flat, one convex, with rough incisions on flat face, perhaps accidental. (E) [.1-.2] Fragment of terracotta figure perhaps the head of a dragon (?). [Drawing] (F) Clay object, flat, with incised holes. (G) [.1-.6] Five fragments of clay jar sealings with seal impressions : all have rows of animals in wooded or rocky country. (H) [.1-.26] Pottery fragments 1) Plum red and back decoration on light ground: 2 examples. 2) Red decoration on light ground and other fragments. Not in catalog of Vol. IV. |
| 13051D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of objects. [A] (1) Painted potsherds. [B] (2) Animal bones . [C] (3) Fragment of limestone. [D] (4) Clay stopper for vase. Unbaked. |
| 13716 | 31-16-517 | (none) | (none) | Fragment of Obsidian lid. Ground down to a thinness of one millimetre, originally a dish about d. 80, of greying obisidian. [drawing] |
| 15017A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impressions. 2 pieces. Linear pattern. |
| 17350 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Box lid. Terracotta. Top decorated with a coiled serpent in relief bossin center. |
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