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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19467 | 35-1-220 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite. Type JN 12 | |
| 19715 | 35-1-563 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite. Type JN 3 | |
 | 8242 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Fine quality white limestone. Type LXXV. |
| 8052 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Greenish stone (basic diorite?). Anciently broken & rivetted. Found in fragments. Type _. |
| 8156 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone, entirely blackened by fire. Type XXVI. |
| 8243 | (none) | 1928,1009.493 | (none) | Stone bowl. One end flat, sides starting parallel and then converging in a curve to a lip spout. [drawing] Perhaps a copy of a wooden original. Type LXXVII |
| 8071 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Rather poor quality. Rim slightly chipped. Type XI. |
| 8373 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Strongly veined calcite(?) Very badly broken, and the surface much decayed. Type XXV. |
| 8340 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Triangular shape with out-curved sides and a trough spout at the apex of the triangle. [drawing] Type LXXVIII. |
| 8197 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Type 73 (new) [Struck through: LXXVIII] |
| 8346 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Veined white calcite. A small chip out of the rim. Type LXXI. |
| 8352 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite, the surface almost wholly perished. Carinated rim. Type __ |
| 8372 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Irregularly made and apparently cut down from a larger pot. Straight-sided [drawing] Type XXI. |
| 8328 | (none) | (none) | B17174 | Stone bowl. White limestone with nicked edge. Type XLIII. | |
| 8311 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone in good condition. Type XII. |
| 8326 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone with nicked edge (broken and mended). Type XLIII. |
| 8225 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone with nicked edge. Type XXV. |
| 8163 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone, good quality. Found in fragments. Type __ |
| 8074 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone, rather course: the outer surface has suffered badly by fire. Type XVIII |
| 8320 | (none) | (none) | B17306 | Stone bowl. White limestone, with nicked rim. (broken) Type IX. | |
| 8207 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Broken. Type XII. |
| 8206 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Broken. Type LX. |
| 8069 | (none) | (none) | B17176 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Hemispherical with flattened base. Cracked down one side. Type IX. | |
| 8277 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. One end flat, sides starting parallel and then converging in a curve to a lip spout. Type LXXVII cf. U.8223 |
| 8249 | (none) | 1928,1009.425 | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. The outer face much decayed. Broken and imperfect. Type LX |