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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 813 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. of fine-grained date-colored stone, sides slightly curved, base flat. |
| 815 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bown. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Straight sides curve in strongly to base marked by a slight disk. Rim chipped. |
| 816 | (none) | 1923,1110.66 | (none) | Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Almost straight sides, flat base. Broken but complete. |
| 818 | (none) | 1923,1110.62 | (none) | Stone bowl of grey fine-grained slatey stone. Broken, but virtually complete. Sides straight, base flat. |
| 819 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Fragment of: of Light blue-grey mottled stone, loose grained. |
| 821 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl of rose-pink mottled stone (marble?) |
| 822 | (none) | 1923,1110.61 | (none) | Stone bowl of coarse grey limestone, chip out of rim. |
| 849 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Blue glaze over drab clay. Type LXXXII =44 [P.44 or photo. Designation unclear.] |
| 851 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade. Type XLIII. = new P.21a |
| 888 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl fragment of in veined and colored alabaster. |
| 889 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Marble bowl fragment of in coarse white marble. |
| 890 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl fragment of with remains of projecting solid handle on one side. Remains of inscription. |
| 891 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Marble bowl fragment of very roughly worked and the inside chiseled out instead of being bored or ground- perhaps unfinished. |
| 892 | (none) | 1923,1110.64 | (none) | Alabaster bowl, fragment of highly colored veined alabaster. About 1/3 of bowl, composed of 4 fragments, stuck together. Type RC.25. |
| 896 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster lion. Fragment of showing greater part of body and bit of mane, of a recumbent lion carved in the round: apparently from the rim of a very large bowl. |
| 899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl. Fragment of in crystaline alabaster. |
| 911 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl. Fragment of. |
| 912 | (none) | (none) | (none) | White marble bowl. Fragment of Roughly cut, and surface a good deal decayed. |
| 914 | (none) | 1923,1110.59 | (none) | Stone vase. Fragment of straight-sided deep bowl of granite. |
| 922 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type LXXVII. =P.28 |
| 923 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Reddish drab clay. Wheelmade, broken. Type LXXVII, but the contour is straiter, the foot is not so distinct. =P.28 |
| 938 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed clay bowl. Faded green glaze over buff clay. Wheelmade. Broken. Type XC =P.37 |
| 940 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed clay bowl. Faded green glaze over drab clay. Wheelmade, broken. Type LXXX =P.46 |
| 952 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type LXXXI =P.47 |
| 953 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Vase. Drab clay with traces of hematite wash. Wheelmade. Two holes for suspension below the rim. The lower trough is only distinct on one side of the vase. Type LXXXIV =P.81 |