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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 97 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup. Rough reddish drab clay, hole pierced through base. Type XXIV. [drawing 1:1] [Annotated] Cards used Vol VI |
| 554 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type XIII. |
| 555 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup. Drab clay, wheel-made, broken. Type XIII. |
| 624 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. [below] Type L = p.71 |
| 885 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster cup fragments of straight-sided cup or tumbler in pinkish alabaster. |
| 1184 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay cup. Green clay. Wheelmade, unsymmetrical. ? P 35 [drawing 2:5] |
| 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) |
| 1686 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Cup. Red drab clay: wheelmade. B Type XLIV (not p) |
| 1694 | (none) | 1924,0920.365 | (none) | Cup. Drab clay (very fine); wheelmade, bell-shaped. |
| 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. |
| 2632 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Pinkish drab ware: wheel made. Type. CXXVII. [drawing] |
| 2636 | (none) | 1927,1003.120 | (none) | Clay flower(?) pot. Pinkish ware, unglazed : pierced at bottom. Type CXXX. Type drawing in album. [drawing] | |
| 2642 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pot. Drab clay. Type drawing in album. Type CXXXI. =P.68 [drawing] |
| 2839 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Buffware; with small foot and tall straight sides: fragmentary. Type CXXIV. =P.76a |
| 2886 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Buffware: round cheeks and broad mouth. Persian period. (B) Red. Type CLXI, =P.56 |
| 2897 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery tumbler. Buffware of plain cone shape: fragmentary. Type CLXVI. =P.65 |
| 2929 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery cup. Bowl of buff ware. Type CLXXXI, =p.60. |
| 3088A | (none) | 1927,1003.124 | (none) | Pottery tumblers. Of buffware with straight sides. Poor quality pot, badly made. Type CXCI (not p) (B) Shallower. With U.3055, U.3074 fromt solitary grave. | |
| 3203B | (none) | 1927,1003.123 | (none) | Unknown | |
| 3216 | 29-174-1 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vase. Small slightly concave-sided vase of buff ware. Type CC, =P.70 | |
| 3217A | 29-174-2 | (none) | (none) | Pottery vases. With slihgtly curved cheeks and small base: buff ware. (B) Smaller and slightly different from type. Type CCI, =RC.14a, =L, =P.74 | |
| 3217B | (none) | 1927,1003.131 | (none) | Pottery vases. With slihgtly curved cheeks and small base: buff ware. (B) Smaller and slightly different from type. Type CCI, =RC.14a, =L, =P.74 | |
| 3218 | (none) | 1927,1003.121 | (none) | Pottery vase. With small base, body gradually opening out to lip. Type CCII, =P.69 |
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