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)
6632 (none) (none) B16597 Clay bowl. Reddish. Star shaped design [reference to drawing] incised on the convex bottom of the bowl. Cf. Type 265 in album. [drawing 1:2]
15567 (none) (none) (none) Clay cup. TO painted ware (n fragments) Chocolate-brown on drab. Type CCCXLV. 25. [drawing]
15364 (none) 1930,0012.13, 1930,1213.290 (none) Clay goblet. Green clay. (flattened at the mouth in firing) Type CCCXLVIII.
921 (none) (none) B15394 Clay Goblet. Drab clay, wheelmade. Half the cup broken. Type LXXVI =P.167
18713 (none) (none) (none) Clay jar painted. Fragments of a large jar painted black design on greenish-drab: type al Obaid type.
1163 (none) (none) (none) Clay jar-handle. (Broken off) Drab clay. In form of nude female figure. It has 13 circles arranged on back. P. [drawing not to scale]
13708 31-17-370 (none) (none) Clay jar. Fragments of. With nicked ornament on rim & shoulder-line, and combed or scrabbled ornament on shoulder (see field notes for drawing). Type RC.116 variant.
761 (none) (none) (none) Clay jar. Brownish - drab clay. Wheelmade, broken. Type L, but with a rim instead of an unbroken contour. Type 761 =P.78 [drawing]
762 (none) (none) (none) Clay jar. Drab clay, wheelmade. Type LXIII. =P.73
633 (none) (none) (none) Clay jar. Drab clay, wheelmade. [Below] Type LIII = RC.40 = L [circled] not p.
669 (none) 1923,1110.68 (none) Clay jar. Drab clay, wheelmade. [below] Type LVII. [circled] Not p.
634 (none) 1923,1110.73 (none) Clay jar. Green clay, wheelmade. Type LII = RC.220 [circled] not p.
148 (none) (none) B15382 Clay jar. of Yellowish clay, wheelmade, the surface covered with matte haematitic wash. Type XX.
639 (none) (none) B15392 Clay jar. Reddish clay with drab engobbage. Wheelmade. Broken. [below] Type LII. RC.227. [circled] not p.
13736 (none) (none) (none) Clay jar. Type CCCII. Pl. 101. Not in catalog.
2731 (none) (none) (none) Clay jar. Wheel made with rounded base and knob. Upper part and lip missing. Larsa period. Type CXXXVII or L.40.C [drawing]
104 (none) (none) (none) Clay jar. Wheelmade, of pinkish drab clay with creamy white engobbage. Type XV.
105 (none) (none) (none) Clay jar. Wheelmade. Pinkish clay with creamy white engobbage. Type XIV
15599 (none) (none) (none) Clay jug. Light red ware (broken & in bad condition) Handmade. Type CCCXCII.
15529 31-17-358 (none) (none) Clay jug. TO painted ware. Black on drab. The paint fugitive & much of the design gone. Type CCCLXXIV. 50. [drawing]
14988 32-40-8 (none) (none) Clay jug. (in fragments but nearly complete) Painted ware, TO. Type CCCXXXVII. As U.47 [as U.47? not legible.] See A.J.x (1920-30 excavations) Pl.XLIVb.
2562 (none) (none) (none) Clay jug. Drab clay. Handle broken. Type CXXVI. Type drawing in album.
6227 (none) (none) (none) Clay jug. Drab. Type LXIX variant.
6407 (none) (none) (none) Clay jug. Light drab. Type [LXXIX TEO has been crossed out] RC.206
7819 (none) 1928,1009.10 (none) Clay Pot Type CCCX Scratched with signs not yet identified HC 38

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Bottles - Pots - Spouted