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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8641 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. The edge nicked for decoration. Type IX. |
| 8645 | (none) | (none) | B17165 | Stone bowl White limestone Triangular shaped spouted bowl Type XCVIII | |
| 8648 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl White limestone The edge decorated with nicking Type XII |
| 8663 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl White limestone. (Broken and mended, but piece missing from rim). Type XII |
| 8664 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. In rather poor condition with a hole thorugh one side. [type] III |
| 8682 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark steatite. Small straight-sided unguent pot containing green paint(?) Type XXI. [drawing 1:1] |
| 8683 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Type LXXXIII. |
| 8697 | (none) | 1928,1009.520 | (none) | Stone bowl. Green steatite. Type LXVI. |
| 8703 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Calcite White Broken into many pieces but complete Stone type LXI |
| 8710 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Stone Black Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Found in many pieces. Small patch missing Stone type XII variant. |
| 8711 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Limestone White Indented rim. Part missing. Broken in 7 pieces. Stone type XLIII |
| 8717 | (none) | (none) | B17032 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type XII. | |
| 8718 | (none) | 1928,1010.440 | (none) | Card Missing |
| 8724 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Bath shaped. Limestone. White. Stone type XIX. |
| 8725 | (none) | (none) | B17172 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Indented rim. Stone type XCI (also oval bowl stone U.8724) | |
| 8739 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type XII. |
| 8764 | (none) | (none) | B17161 | Bowl. Steatite. Dark green. Stone type LXII. |
| 8771 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. Grey. Broken and fragmentary. Stone type XII. |
| 8772 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Calcite. White. Indented rim. Broken and fragmentary. Stone type LX. |
| 8773 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Finger bones found inside. Stone type XCII. |
| 8777 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Broken - Part of rim and base missing. Human finger bones found within it. Metal vase type 4. |
| 8780 | (none) | 1928,1009.515 | (none) | Bowl. Calcite. White. Broken and mended. Small portion of rim missing. Stone type LX. |
| 88 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Pinkish drab clay, wheelmade. Type XI. |
| 8841 | (none) | (none) | B17441 | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. Small portion of body missing. Fairly thick copper. [drawing] |
| 888 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl fragment of in veined and colored alabaster. |