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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15765 | (none) | 1930,1213.203 | (none) | Baked clay vase. Drab. Type? | |
 | 15775 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Alabaster alabastron. 2 small lug handles. |
| 16101 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Glass paste: blue |
| 16169 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Apple green glazed baked clay. |
| 1620 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Reddish clay, drab surface; wheelmadel with single handle. Broken off at neck. |
| 16200 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl, blue glazed. Type LXX variant. P139. |
| 16225 | 31-43-172 | (none) | (none) | Vase, fragment. Clay, unusual type. The clay is blackish grey (smother-kiln fired) & flakey, resembling rare specimens found e.g. in a late grave against the NW sie of the Temenos-wall. On the broad vertical rim are panels outlined with incised lines and the border filled in with red paint: bands of dotted hatching have the dots filled in with white and the incised lines are similarly filled: in one panel is an incised drawing of a duck. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16276 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Vase. Plain reddish drab clay. Type CCCCCLV. L81a (new) |
| 16277 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Plain reddish drab clay with well levigated surface. |
| 16288 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of clay vase. On which has been incised, before baking, the figure of a seated goddess, resembling those on cylinder seals, but in a rough & sketchy technique. [drawing] |
| 16289 | (none) | 1931,1010.528 | (none) | Miniature clay vase. The body decorated with the figure of a great grotesque man. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 16315 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Miniature. Baked clay. Yelllowish drab with clay slip. Type IDLIX. |
| 16330 | (none) | 1931,1010.213 | (none) | Miniature vase. Blue glass. With 2 handles. Part of one handle and bottom of vase missing. [drawing 1:1] |
| 16336 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature vase. White translucent calcite. [drawing] |
| 16357 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Glazed blue. Type LXXXVIII variant. 182aP. [P182a?] |
| 16381 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature Bowl. Blue glazed. Type CCCLV. New 103aP [P103a?] |
| 16387 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature Vase. Baked clay, Glazed. Originally blue(?), bleached white. [drawing] Type 574. new 181(P) [Type P181?] NAG/1 = P275; NHG41 = P281; AHG319 = P245; AHG304, 307, 321 No field note. Where is field note? |
| 16389 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature Vase. Glazed baked clay. Originally blue? Bleached white. Type 760. P176. Catalog cards finished with and to be replaced in BM. [drawing 1:2] No Field Note |
| 16432 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spill-vase, white calcite. Fragment. |
| 1665 | (none) | 1924,0920.363 | (none) | Pot. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type CV. [drawing] | |
| 1666 | (none) | 1924,0920.304 | (none) | Vase. Red clay; wheelmade. Elongated form with pointed bottom, rim broken B. Type CVI. =L.40b (not p) | |
| 1667 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Vase. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type CVIII. =RC.55. =L (not p) |
| 1668 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Jar. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type CVIII. =P.131 |
| 16705 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Type IDLXII. = 116P |
| 1671 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pot. Red clay, drab surface; wheelmade, small. B. Type CXII. =RC.182. =P.90 |
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