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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0113.797 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1961,0708.1 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0113.794 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.189 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.665 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0116.17 | (none) | (none) | |
 | 14070 | 31-17-176 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 885 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster cup fragments of straight-sided cup or tumbler in pinkish alabaster. |
| 6332 | (none) | (none) | B16208, B16208 | Alabaster cup with inscription. Fragment. To the god A-Si(g) (who pours/gives water) |
| 884A | (none) | (none) | B14969 | Alabaster cup, fragments of, 5 pieces, reduced to 3, of straight-sided cup or tumbler in poor quality white alabaster. Type RC.13 | |
| 884B | (none) | (none) | B14969 | Alabaster cup, fragments of, 5 pieces, reduced to 3, of straight-sided cup or tumbler in poor quality white alabaster. Type RC.13 |
| 884C | (none) | (none) | B14969 | Alabaster cup, fragments of, 5 pieces, reduced to 3, of straight-sided cup or tumbler in poor quality white alabaster. Type RC.13 |
| 15778 | 31-17-12 | (none) | (none) | Baked clay vase. Spouted. Light drab. Covered by a lead tumbler. Clay vase is badly broken. Type same as 15758. | |
| 3219 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze cup or vase. Fragmentary |
| 15386 | (none) | 1930,1213.198 | (none) | Clay cup. TO painted ware. Type CCCXLV. 23 [drawing] | |
| 6549 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type CCXLVIII. In album Neo-Babylonian. =P.64. |
| 15383 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup TO painted ware. Type CCCXLV. 23. [drawing] |
| 15335 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup TO-ware. Light drab with black bands. Virtually complete. Type CCCXLV. [drawing] |
| 18624 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup, painted. Al Obaid type, black on drab intact. [Type] aU.20. [drawing] |
| 15607 | 31-17-303 | (none) | (none) | Clay cup. Fragments. Incomplete. TO painted ware. Black on drab. Type CCCXLV. aU24. [drawing] | |
| 15570 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup. (fragments) Black on cream. Broken. Type CCCXLV. 23. [drawing] |
| 15344 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup. Clay dead black in body, greenish drab on surface. (distorted in firing) Type CCCXLVI. |
| 15345 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup. Creamy drab ware. Type CCCXLVI. |
| 15337 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup. Drab clay (broken) Type CCCXLVI. |
| 15336 | (none) | 1930,0012.13, 1930,1213.292 | (none) | Clay cup. Drab clay. Type CCCXLVI. |
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