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) |
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![]() | 6810 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. Glazed. White. blue glazedround rim. Type LXXXII |
![]() | 681 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type LXVII but with rim. Not p. |
![]() | 6809 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
6805 | 31-16-169 | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Type XC in album ? Persian, =P.37 | |
678 | (none) | 1923,1110.93 | (none) | Incense bowl(?) Fragment. Clay. Shallow bowl: below, in relief, the fingers of a human hand, moulded and finished off with a tool. Compare the N.Syrian steatite examples. | |
6764 | (none) | 1927,0527.250 | (none) | Bowl terracotta. Fragment. Decorated in form of lion's mane? | |
![]() | 6763 | (none) | (none) | B16221 | Bowl. Oolite stone. Mottled. Type XLIV. E. |
![]() | 6736 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed steatite dish. "For the life of dShulgi, the god of his land, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world-----. H.C. B |
![]() | 6726 | (none) | 1927,0527.28 | (none) | Black stone bowl. Of En-mah-gal-an-na en dnannar Cf. the date of the 4th year of Bur-Sin. E. [drawing] |
![]() | 6667B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 bowls. Glazed. Blue. Type 237 =new type (p)126 B |
![]() | 6667A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 bowls. Glazed. Blue. Type 237 =new type (p)126 B |
![]() | 6666 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Godrooned bowl. Copper. |
![]() | 6665 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Wooden. With 2 handles. Fragmentary. |
![]() | 6663 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Fragmentary. Glazed. Ribbed. B. |
![]() | 6662 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Rim of bowl. Copper fragment. E. |
![]() | 6656 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl with handle. Base silver. E. |
![]() | 6654C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver bowl. High rim. Poor condition - fragmentary. Remains of burnt wood inside. E. |
![]() | 6654B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta bowl.Light drab. Type 17. photo shot of type 175 [176?] missing. |
![]() | 6644 | (none) | 1927,0527.74 | (none) | Silver situla. Fragment. With silver handle hinged onto the rim. E. |
![]() | 6640 | (none) | 1927,0527.75 | (none) | Bowl. Base silver. Misshapen. E. |
6638 | (none) | (none) | B16399 | Silver bowl. Flat. Umbilical, lotus pattern on outside. For catalog. E. | |
![]() | 6579 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl, fragment. Black steatite. Ur. |
![]() | 6574 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type. |
![]() | 6572 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type XL. =RC.119 (not a bowl) or is it type XC? [illegible] in album Persian =P.37. |
6571 | (none) | 1927,0527.289 | (none) | Clay bowl fragmentary. Glazed. Light drab and trace of blue on outside. |