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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8031 | (none) | (none) | B17149 | Stone bowl. Hard dark grey stone. Well polished. Broken in antiquity and riveted: now found broken. Type LXII. |
| 8032 | (none) | (none) | B17179 | Stone bowl White limestone, good quality An oval bowl with small horizontal lug handles Type LXIV | |
| 8038 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. Part of one side chipped, but initially complete. [Type] III |
| 8046 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Hemispherical In remarkably good condition. Found inside U8045 [Type] III |
| 8047 | (none) | (none) | B17163 | White limestone pot. With almost vertical carinated sides. Type LXX 8. | |
| 8051 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bucket. The sides rise vertically and then slope inwards to an apparently straight rim in which is set a thin copper handle. The bottom plate is bent up and rivetted to the sides: the rim is formed by bending the top of the sides outwards and downwards and then rivetting along the edge. A good deal crushed and distorted, the handle broken. XCI. Type__ Photo__ |
| 8052 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Greenish stone (basic diorite?). Anciently broken & rivetted. Found in fragments. Type _. |
| 8057 | (none) | (none) | B17443 | Bowl. [CARD MISSING] | |
| 8058 | (none) | (none) | B17453 | Copper bowl. Oval or boat-shaped. The shape is probably exaggerated by the accidental bending inwards of the long sides. In poor condition and part of the base missing. LXIII. |
| 8059 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Shallow, with umbilical centre and pseudo-godrooned sides: the centre has been crushed flat but seems to have been convex. A handle was attached to the rim but is missing. Part of one side broken. Type 86 (new types). |
| 8062 | (none) | (none) | B17247 | Stone bowl of poor quality white limestone. The surface much decayed. Type IX but with slight ring to base. | |
| 8068 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. Distorted and part of base missing. [type] III |
| 8069 | (none) | (none) | B17176 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Hemispherical with flattened base. Cracked down one side. Type IX. | |
| 8071 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Rather poor quality. Rim slightly chipped. Type XI. |
| 8074 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone, rather course: the outer surface has suffered badly by fire. Type XVIII |
| 8075 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type XII. |
| 8082 | (none) | (none) | B17159 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type XII. | |
| 8100 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Type LX stone. |
| 8103 | (none) | (none) | B17162 | Vase. Calcite. White. Veined. Part of rim missing. Type LXI. | |
| 8123 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. |
| 8126 | (none) | (none) | B17120 | Bowl. Stone. White calcite. Blackened by fire. Part of rim missing. Stone type I. |
| 8134 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Calcite. Grey. Veined. Blackened by fire. Portion of rim missing. Type LXV stone. |
| 8135 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Steatite. Green. 3 bull's hoofs incised on body. Part of rim broken and mended. Stone type LXVI. |
| 8142 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type LXVII. |
| 8149 | (none) | (none) | B17155 | Bowl. Calcite. Veined. Greyish. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Stone type XXI. |