Bowls
This category includes vessels where the height is less than the diameter, and the rim is greater than the base.
A bowl is a vessel that is a round container used to serve food. By using Anna Shepard's criteria a bowl is described as an open form where the height is less than the diameter. The angle of the sides from the base are between 20 and 90 degrees.
This category matches Woolley's published ceramic vessel typology Nos. 4-6; 18-27; 29-30; 249. It matches the metal vessel typology Nos. 1-11; 15-17; 27-35; 86-91; 95-96; 116-118. It matches the stone vessel typology Nos. 13-27; 31-59; 95-97; 99; 102-104.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 275 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of alabaster bowl. Inscribed in rude manner. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 279 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster fragment of bowl. Beginning of second line of royal inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 310 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Agate bowl. Intact. Lathe-turned, the center lathe-hole filled up with a strong peg. Plain rib moulding on outside. Very beautiful stone. |
| 408 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of large faience bowl. Persian period (?), blue glaze with incised zigzag and petal pattern and pinched knobs below rim. |
| 416 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl. Perfectly plain: rim chipped. Otherwise complete. Part of a foundation deposit (?) Type |
| 480 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze bowl. Very thin metal, complete. [drawing] When found, U.473 and U.474 were inside it, lying on their sides and corroded onto it. |
| 481A | (none) | 1923,1110.138 | (none) | Bronze bowl. Plain. U.475 and U.476 are lying in this and fastened to it by corrosion.[drawing] | |
| 482 | (none) | (none) | B15290 | Bronze [crossed out] Silver bowl. Much corroded and one side broken.[drawing] | |
| 542 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer. Drab clay: wheelmade. Type XXXVIII. |
| 546 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup. Reddish-drab clay. Wheelmade, broken. Type XLI. |
| 552 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay. Wheelmade, broken. Type XLIII. |
| 556 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer. Greenish clay, wheelmade, broken. Type XLIV. |
| 557 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer. Reddish drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type XXVI, but the base is not so distinct as usual. |
| 558 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed clay bowl. Faded green glaze over drab clay. Wheelmade, broken. (Below) Type LXXIX. |
| 559A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl-fragments. Wheelmade, reddish clay. (below) Large example of Type XXII ornamented with three ridges, .015 apart, below the neck. | |
| 561 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer. Red clay with drab engobbage. Wheelmade, broken. (Below) Type XLV. |
| 565 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer - Miniature. Reddish clay, wheelmade, broken. (Below) Type XXVI. = RC.5 a or b, ?= L12 b or c |
| 625 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer. Drab clay, wheelmade. [below] Type XC. but carelessly made. Rounder rim than in 938. [inserted] = P.37 |
| 638 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade. [beloq] Type [crossed out] LV, XVI =RC.73 =L, Vol. VII. |
| 655A | (none) | (none) | B14974 | Fragment of a bowl with fine white limestone, virtually marble; rather more than 1/2 preserved. Flat base. (below) RC.19L. [drawing] | |
| 678 | (none) | 1923,1110.93 | (none) | Incense bowl(?) Fragment. Clay. Shallow bowl: below, in relief, the fingers of a human hand, moulded and finished off with a tool. Compare the N.Syrian steatite examples. | |
| 681 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type LXVII but with rim. Not p. |
| 683 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type unknown. Scrapped. |
| 693 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer. Fine whitish-drab clay. Type CIV = P.49 |
| 764 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Drab clay. Wheelmade. Type LXVI =P.209 |