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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9155 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Hemispherical [Type] III |
| 9156 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl With straight sides and out turned end: at present oval, but probably originally circular. [Type] LXIII |
| 9172A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper bowls 2: one inside the other. Hemispherical, very light metal TYPE III |
| 9172B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper bowls 2: one inside the other. Hemispherical, very light metal TYPE III |
| 9179 | (none) | (none) | B17130 | [CARD MISSING] Bowl. White calcite. Type XVII | |
| 9192 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Green grey diorite (?) all the upper part broken to pieces and the bottom also missing [Type] ? |
| 9203 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Corroded with the bowl, one outside rim the other inside, 2 silver rings consisting of 2 coils of silver wire. These rings were both on one finger and prove that the fingers of the hand once rested upon the rim of the bowl. One finger ring corroded with inside of bowl at bottom. Metal vase type 3 |
| 9212 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Bath shaped Calcite White Part of rim broken & small portion missing Stone type LXXXIII. |
| 9215 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Rim broken Small portion missing Metal vase type III |
| 9219 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl With lip spout Broken into several pieces White limestone Stone type LXXVII. |
| 922 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type LXXVII. =P.28 |
| 9222 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Distorted Metal vase type 3 |
| 9223 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Bent and battered Metal vase type 3 Without grooved rim |
| 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 |
| 9235 | (none) | 1928,1010.388 | (none) | Copper bowl Part of rim broken Small portion missing Metal vase type 19 | |
| 9245 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Basic Diorite? Stone type XXI. (New 19) |
| 9249 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Steatite Dark grey In many fragments - complete?? Type? Probably like type LXII. |
| 9269 | (none) | 1928,1009.522 | (none) | Steatite bowl Broken & portion of rim missing Type LXII |
| 9312 | (none) | (none) | B17450 | Copper tumbler Type XLIX. | |
| 9316 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Hemispherical Distorted and badly cracked |
| 9328 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Originally hemispherical, now much distorted [Type] III |
| 9332 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. The rim chipped. |
| 9354 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Steatite bowl Broken into many pieces, but virtually complete Type? LXVI. |
| 9364 | (none) | 1928,1009.185 | (none) | Silver bowl with long trough spout, with body finely fluted and engraved, the base outside has an eight petalled flower engraved upon it. Found inside two copper bowls. From the pre-historic graves? (Illustrated Harmsworth Universal History. part 5. facing p.481 : in color.) [card seems to be a replacement] |
| 938 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glazed clay bowl. Faded green glaze over buff clay. Wheelmade. Broken. Type XC =P.37 |