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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 173 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase: Lid. frs of;. Dark grary steatite. About 1/3rd preserved(in 2 pieces) decorated with incised double concentric circles dot centered. |
| 1703 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Box-lid. Fragment, with boss handle and spotted snake decoration. [drawing 1:4] |
| 1683 | (none) | 1924,0920.328 | (none) | Saucer. Greenish clay; wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30 | |
| 1682 | (none) | 1924,0920.327 | (none) | Saucer. Drab clay; roughly wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30 | |
| 1541B | (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] |
| 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] |
| 15017A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Seal impressions. 2 pieces. Linear pattern. |
| 1501 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Box lid. Fragment. Drab clay. With boss handle and snake in relief. [drawing 2:5] |
| 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] |
| 136 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Frs of Ivory box-lid. Fitting together. Flat ivory, plain above, below a projecting rim all round. |
| 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. |
| 12778C.2 | (none) | 1928,1010.784 | (none) | Group of objects: from PG/NW level; found between levels -760 and -800 below the planoconvex brick pavement (A) Clay animal figurine. (B) [.1-.6] Fragment of long clay beads imitating shell. (C) [.1-.9] A number of clay jar-sealing with seal impressions, all of one type, palmette enclosed (imperfect) [reference to drawing]. (see over [Annotated] Legrain 480 (D) An oval clay object. [Annotated] Legrain 481. (see over) [Drawing of impression] (E) Tubular ball (?) bead. (F) Copper needle. (G) [.1-.13] Various examples of pottery. [H] (also animal bones). -- The design on D and C is the same [drawing of design]. | |
| 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. |
| 12491 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Circular box lid of fine white steatite (?) with flat-topped central knob handle. |
| 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] |
| 1133 | (none) | 1924,0920.119 | (none) | Clay jar-stopper. Fragment with impression of archaic cylinder seal. Erect animals and men. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1119 | (none) | 1935,0113.821 | (none) | Clay Box-lid.. About 1/3 broken off. Adorned with snakes in relief: snake-headed and boss handle. Reddish clay. [drawing 1:5] | |
| 1118C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Box-lid. 3 fragments. Adorned with snakes in relief: light drab clay. (cf. U.1117) [drawing 2:5] |
| 1118B | (none) | 1924,0920.275 | (none) | Clay Box-lid. 3 fragments. Adorned with snakes in relief: light drab clay. (cf. U.1117) [drawing 2:5] | |
| 1118A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Box-lid. 3 fragments. Adorned with snakes in relief: light drab clay. (cf. U.1117) [drawing 2:5] |
| (none) | 35-1-226B | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | 35-1-227 | (none) | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0113.358 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,1003.150 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.295 | (none) | (none) |
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Closed Forms - Coffins and Burial Urns - Fragments - Open Forms - Stands - Troughs