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)
136 (none) (none) (none) Frs of Ivory box-lid. Fitting together. Flat ivory, plain above, below a projecting rim all round.
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.
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}
405 (none) (none) B14953 Stone vase-lid. Light steatite. Circular. Knob handle broken: round the top a band of dotted concentric circles.[drawing]
406 (none) (none) (none) Stone vase-lid. Fr of. The top surface cloisonne for inlay with central rosette and liver pattern round edge. [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.
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.
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Cap - Stopper