Cups
This category includes vessels where the height is less than the diameter, and can fit into one's hand.
A cup is a vessel that is used for carrying and serving drinks and it fits into one's hands. By using Anna Shepard's criteria, a cup is described as an open form where the height is less than the diameter. The angle of the sides from the base are between 30 and 80 degrees. It sometimes has a footed base.
This category matches Woolley's published ceramic vessel typology Nos. 8-13. It matches the metal vessel typology Nos. 36; 40-41 and stone vessel typology No. 30.
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10013 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Drinking-cup (electrum?) apparently lathe spun: base formed by adding a small circular plate. Found with U.10,034 |
| 11161 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Cup. Very thin soft gold, quite plain: slight foot-rim. [drawing] |
| 11551 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Cup. Miniature. Base square & sides change to an oval (possibly this is accidental & the original form was circular above, but the cup has been slightly crushed). Type 16 variant. |
| 10003 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Cup Oval, calabash type Decorated with fluting and engraved patterns round the edge and on the base. The handles are vertical knobs of lapis lazuli between gold plates, secured by rivets. |
| 10001 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Cup Oval calabash type, with rib at end On the side, inscr: Mes-Kalam-dug |
| 10002 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Cup Hemispherical (nearly) with simple ridge round rim On one side inscription: Mes-Kalam-dug |
| 15604 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragments. (incomplete) of a clay cup. TO painted ware. Black on greenish drab. Type CCCXLV. aU23. [drawing] |
| 6702 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of Obsidian Cup. Inscription broken. ?, his seed?, maybe?., the goods of the sons?, raise?, from the days?, the treasure house? 3rd Ur Dynasty. H.C. B. |
| 19724 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Diorite cup. JN 34 |
| 3368 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cup. White frit originally glazed, in fragments. Two small handles pierced at top: first traces of colored design. |
| 1686 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cup. Red drab clay: wheelmade. B Type XLIV (not p) |
| 1495 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cup. Red clay; wheelmade; rim chipped. [drawing 1:1] |
| 1685 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cup. Red clay; wheelmade. B. Type VI. =RC.27 (not p) |
| 6996 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cup. Miniature. Limestone? Gray. Shaped like a finger stall. [drawing] |
| 1694 | (none) | 1924,0920.365 | (none) | Cup. Drab clay (very fine); wheelmade, bell-shaped. |
| 18504 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cup. Basic diorite. [Type] 30. [drawing 2:5] |
| 12273 | 30-12-276 | (none) | (none) | Copper Vase. Champagne vase type. Much bent & distorted; part of rim missing. Type XXXIV. [drawing 2:5] | |
| 16771 | 31-43-509 | (none) | (none) | Copper tumbler. [drawing] | |
| 9118 | (none) | (none) | B17010 | Copper tumbler Type XXVI. | |
| 9910 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Tumbler Broken and distorted but sound [drawing] |
| 6199 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper mug. B. Type RC.38. Larsa period. [drawing 1:2] |
| 8929 | (none) | 1928,1009.326 | (none) | Copper cup. On short stem with splayed foot. In poor condition, the bottom fallen out and much of the foot broken. |
| 11740 | 30-12-274 | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. | |
| 2558A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vases. Drab. Found with U.2538. Type CXIV =P.76a. Type drawing in album. |
| 2558B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vases. Drab. Found with U.2538. Type CXIV =P.76a. Type drawing in album. |
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