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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8153 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Miniature. Very roughly made, apparently cut down from the broken base of a larger vase. Type _. |
| 8156 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone, entirely blackened by fire. Type XXVI. |
| 8157 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III. |
| 8161 | (none) | (none) | B17454 | Copper bowl. Almost hemispherical, with flat ring base: distorted & one side broken. | |
| 8163 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone, good quality. Found in fragments. Type __ |
| 8185 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver object. So distorted that shape is unrecognizable: possibly a bowl. Found on the shoulder of the dead person, sticking to the fragments of skull bone. |
| 8190 | (none) | (none) | B17036 | Stone bowl. [drawing] Type XII, but with rounded base. Photo 841 | |
| 8196 | (none) | (none) | B17158 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type LX | |
| 8197 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Type 73 (new) [Struck through: LXXVIII] |
| 8204 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Hemispherical with nicked edge. Type XII. |
| 8206 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Broken. Type LX. |
| 8207 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Broken. Type XII. |
| 8219 | (none) | (none) | B17045 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type LX. photo___ | |
| 8225 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone with nicked edge. Type XXV. |
| 8237 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type _. |
| 8238 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type __ |
| 8240 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark steatite. Well polished. Type LIX. |
| 8242 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Fine quality white limestone. Type LXXV. |
| 8252 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Part of rim missing. Stone type LXVIII |
| 8253 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Silver. Broken and fragmentary. Handle of silver wire twisted through 2 holes on either side perforated immediately below rim. Warped. [drawing? Metal type _.] |
| 8257 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. 2 lug handles below rim on either side of vase (4 in all). [drawing] Stone type LXXXII, variant double instead of single lugs. |
| 8260 | (none) | (none) | B17171 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Indented rim. Small portion of rim missing. Stone type XLIII | |
| 8275 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Calcite. White. Stone type LXXVIII. |
| 8277 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. One end flat, sides starting parallel and then converging in a curve to a lip spout. Type LXXVII cf. U.8223 |
| 8283 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Calcite. White. Broken & mended. Stone type XVII. |