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) |
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![]() | 10032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval A good deal distorted & cracked |
![]() | 10865 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Originally circular: now broken and distorted: slightly raised circular flat base Probably hemispherical [Type] III |
![]() | 10906 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl orig. hemispherical with slight base; broken & distorted Type III |
![]() | 10909 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Orig. hemispherical with slight base (broken & distorted) Type III |
10461 | (none) | (none) | B17073 | Silver Bowl In bad condition Type__ | |
![]() | 10903 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl hemispherical with slightly raised base (badly distorted) [Type] III |
![]() | 10904 | (none) | (none) | B17071 | Silver Bowl Hemispherical with slight base, part of rim missing Type III |
![]() | 10905 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Hemispherical with slight base distorted, and the rim chipped [Type] [struck out: "III"] |
10902 | (none) | (none) | B17070 | Silver Bowl Hemispherical with low circular base Type III | |
![]() | 10908 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Fragment only Orig. hemispherical with slight base. Type III |
![]() | 10918 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl fragment of (half only) orig. hemispherical with slight base. [Type] III |
11969B | 30-12-255 | (none) | (none) | Silver & Copper vessels. Corroded together. [A] Silver bowl. [B-C] Inside this 2 copper bowls slightly smaller; [D] inside these another copper bowl; [E] inside that, a copper tumbler, (crushed). | |
11969C | 30-12-255D | (none) | (none) | Silver & Copper vessels. Corroded together. [A] Silver bowl. [B-C] Inside this 2 copper bowls slightly smaller; [D] inside these another copper bowl; [E] inside that, a copper tumbler, (crushed). | |
11969D | 30-12-255C | (none) | (none) | Silver & Copper vessels. Corroded together. [A] Silver bowl. [B-C] Inside this 2 copper bowls slightly smaller; [D] inside these another copper bowl; [E] inside that, a copper tumbler, (crushed). | |
11969E | 30-12-255A | (none) | (none) | Silver & Copper vessels. Corroded together. [A] Silver bowl. [B-C] Inside this 2 copper bowls slightly smaller; [D] inside these another copper bowl; [E] inside that, a copper tumbler, (crushed). | |
11969A | 30-12-255B | (none) | (none) | Silver & Copper vessels. Corroded together. [A] Silver bowl. [B-C] Inside this 2 copper bowls slightly smaller; [D] inside these another copper bowl; [E] inside that, a copper tumbler, (crushed). | |
1683 | (none) | 1924,0920.328 | (none) | Saucer. Greenish clay; wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30 | |
1682 | (none) | 1924,0920.327 | (none) | Saucer. Drab clay; roughly wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30 | |
![]() | 1496 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Saucer. Drab clay; handmade. Rough. ?Larsa [drawing 1:1] |
6162 | (none) | 1928,1010.845 | (none) | Saucer shaped bowl. Baked clay. Rectangular oblong with raised table in center. [drawing] | |
![]() | 6662 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Rim of bowl. Copper fragment. E. |
6115 | (none) | (none) | B16571.151 | Red clay bowl. Ribbed. Misshapen. Type CXXI approximately =RC.3 variant | |
![]() | 3123 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery saucer. Drab ware with splayed lip. Slightly broken. Type CXCIV, =P.35a |
13764 | 31-17-334 | (none) | (none) | Pottery Fragment. Part of a bowl. Smother-kiln fired to deep black all through, the outer surface burnished: on part of the rim, impressed concentric circles. [Type] CCCVI. =JN34 new. Not in catalog. | |
![]() | 18860 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery fragment from rim of bowl. Of fine dary grey ware, with incised decoration of lines and concenytric circles, the incisions filled with white paste (circles compas drawn). [drawing 1:1] |