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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8444 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Broken and fragmentary Metal vase type 3 |
| 8449B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper cullender. [B] Copper bath shaped bowl. Cullender found inside copper bowl and corroded with it. Part of rim of cullender missing and base cracked. Copper bowl broken and fragmentary. [drawing] Cullender same type as U.7869. [Type] LXIII |
| 8452 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Limestone Greyish 2 lug handles, one on either side of bowl 015 below rim - each lug handle perforated twice Stone type LXXXII |
| 8453 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Limestone Greyish Small portion of rim missing Stone type X |
| 8455 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Calcite Greyish Broken, rivetted and stuck up with bitumen in antiquity. Found broken into 6 pieces and mended 3 rivets in antiquity Stone type XXII |
| 8456 | (none) | (none) | B17170 | Bowl Limestone Greyish Broken in 2 pieces and mended Stone type XLVI | |
| 8463 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Calcite White Stone type LI |
| 8482 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Bath shaped. LXIII. |
| 8483 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Bath shaped Part of rim broken Excellent condition [Type] LXIII |
| 8492 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl Limestone White Indented rim - small portion of rim missing Stone type LX |
| 8507 | (none) | 1928,1010.382 | (none) | Copper bowl and strainer Oxidised together, but both in pretty good condition. Strainer with handle (broken). Bowl, oval; one end broken. In the middle of each side, on outer rim, there is a coiled wire attachment for a handle (missing). [Type] LXIII | |
| 8518 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl Oval type LXIII |
| 8533 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl White limestone Oval with spout (Broken) and in bad condition Type XCVII |
| 8534 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark steatite. Type VIII. |
| 8540 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl of stongly veined calcite. Shallow and straight-sided, much broken and surface decayed. Type XXV. |
| 8544 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl White limestone The rim decorated with nicks (broken) Type IX |
| 8553 | (none) | (none) | B17177 | Stone bowl White limestone Type LXXV | |
| 8587A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper bowl. Oval [Type] LXIII. Broken. (in it was found [B] part of the jawbone of a sheep(?) preserved with it) |
| 8588 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone (broken). |
| 8597 | (none) | (none) | B17543 | Copper bowl Straight-sided with long trough spout Type 11 | |
| 8608 | (none) | 1928,1009.512 | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type LXXV. |
| 8625 | (none) | (none) | B17451 | Copper bowl. Oval type. Originally provided with a long handle attached to the rim at the middle of the longer sides: this is missing. It was probably of thin (silver?) wire. | |
| 8631A | (none) | (none) | B17541 | Copper vessels. [A-D] A set of 4 spouted bowls, one inside the other. Type 11. Over these has been inverted a copper strainer [E] Type _. The last much broken. | |
| 8634 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Translucent white calcite. Type XVIII. |
| 8638 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type X. |