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)
(none) (none) 1935,0113.824 (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1935,0113.429 (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1935,0113.716 (none) (none)
(none) (none) 1931,1010.520 (none) (none)
405 (none) (none) B14953 Stone vase-lid. Light steatite. Circular. Knob handle broken: round the top a band of dotted concentric circles.[drawing]
302 (none) (none) B14956 Steatite box-lid. fr. of; Circular: the top carved with a rosette of which the petals were originally inlaid; two holes are pierced through the lid from side to side for strings. [Drawing 1:1}
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.
6113 (none) (none) B16224 Round stone lid. Green. Chipped. E. [drawing]
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Cap - Stopper