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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 |
| 9559 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical, much distorted and broken lying below the hand, the finger bones are still inside Type__ |
| 9564 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Part of base missing Type__ |
| 9570 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Probably Hemispherical but much flattened: attached to the rim were 2 loop handles (one - broken off) Type III |
| 9582 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Elliptical with 2 straight lips, one on each short side. One lip broken and missing [drawing] Type XCV |
| 9608 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Rim broken Type III |
| 9615B | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) Copper Collender. [Type] 96 (new) (B) Copper Bowl. (Elliptical sides) [Type] LXIII (C) Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III A. was inside B, long handle and rim projecting outside it. C. was corroded with one end of B. Handle of A, broken. Types__[Later added as above] |
| 9615C | (none) | (none) | (none) | (A) Copper Collender. [Type] 96 (new) (B) Copper Bowl. (Elliptical sides) [Type] LXIII (C) Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III A. was inside B, long handle and rim projecting outside it. C. was corroded with one end of B. Handle of A, broken. Types__[Later added as above] |
| 9616 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl Steatite Blue-green Stone type LI |
| 9633 | (none) | (none) | B16934 | Copper Bowl Hemispherical, plain part of rim chipped |
| 9644 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Plain hemispherical Type__ |
| 9662 | (none) | (none) | B17532 | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Type III | |
| 9663 | (none) | 1928,1010.437 | (none) | Bowl. White Limestone. Type XXX |
| 9664 | (none) | (none) | B17182 | Stone bowl White limestone Bath-shaped Type XXI | |
| 9697 | (none) | 1928,1010.263 | (none) | Two Copper bowls One inside the other hemispherical Type III | |
| 9712 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Type III |
| 9713 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Unusually thick and heavy Type III |
| 9724 | (none) | (none) | B17136 | Calcite bowl Translucent Type XVIII | |
| 9725 | (none) | (none) | B17018 | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Badly smashed, but in good condition; complete Type III | |
| 9737 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Type III |
| 9743 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Calcite Bowl Poor condition Surface reddened and powdered through decay Type XVIII |
| 9757 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical |
| 976 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type IC. |