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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9974 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Much distorted but probably hemispherical [Type] III |
| 996B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Grey Steatite Broken. Hemispherical with Projecting spout square in section and pierced by a hole below the rim. Rime decorated with diagnonal stripes: Round sides, belwo rim, a band of compass-drawn incised circles. |
| 996A | (none) | 1923,1110.51, 1923,1110.52, 1923,1110.53 | (none) | Stone bowl. grey steatite. Broken. Hemispherical with projecting spout square in section and pierced by a hole below the rim. Rim decorated with diagonal stripes, round sides, below rim, a band of compass-drawn incised circles. |
| 9929 | (none) | 1928,1010.396 | (none) | Copper Situla With loops for a wire handle Type LXXXIX | |
| 9899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Flattened hemispherical Part of rim broken, small portion missing Type III |
| 9888 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Calcite Translucent Type__ |
| 9857 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bucket With handle Type__ |
| 9841 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Type III |
| 9837A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin Elongated knob head Rounded in section below, square above [drawing] Type I |
| 9836 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Cauldron Part of rim broken Raised bottom Type II |
| 9835 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Limestone White Type LIV |
| 9833A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Bowl Long handle perforated at end to admit a copper ring [B] Finger bones found within [C] Copper finger ring adheres to inside of bowl Type__ |
| 9832 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Type III |
| 9831A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Bowl Hemispherical [B] Finger bones found within. Traces of a finely textured garment remain on the bowl Type III |
| 9802 | (none) | 1928,1010.438 | (none) | Bowl. White limestone. |
| 9797 | (none) | 1928,1010.129 | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval form With engraved line round rim and 3 slightly raised ribs [drawing] It forms part of a mass of broken copper vessels corroded together, and the full details of it cannot be seen. (nos. 11-14 in Field Notes) [Type] LXXXVII |
| 9794 | (none) | (none) | B17141 | Limestone Bowl. Broken into 5 pieces. Surface decayed. |
| 9793 | (none) | 1928,1010.435 | (none) | Limestone Bowl. (broken) The stone very badly decayed and all the surface perished. |
| 9792 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Part of base missing. |
| 9774 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Inverted over the mouth of a clay pot type (broken) III |
| 9772 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl [Type] III |
| 9771 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical in good condition. |
| 977 | (none) | (none) | B14978 | Stone bowl. | |
| 976 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type IC. |
| 9757 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical |