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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6099 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab. Glazed inside black mosaic pattern, plain glaze on outside. Type CCXVIII =P.36a. U.6100 is a bead necklace. |
| 6115 | (none) | (none) | B16571.151 | Red clay bowl. Ribbed. Misshapen. Type CXXI approximately =RC.3 variant | |
| 6117 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat clay bowl. Drab. Type variant. Not typed. |
| 6156 | (none) | (none) | B16211, B16211 | White alabaster bowl fragment. Incribed round belly. Part of ring base and belly alone remaining. Hole in in side close to ring base. Not required for Vols. IV, V, VI, VII. E. |
| 6162 | (none) | 1928,1010.845 | (none) | Saucer shaped bowl. Baked clay. Rectangular oblong with raised table in center. [drawing] | |
| 6175 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab. Type [CXXI variant crossed out] Not type. |
| 6182 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Red. Type CXCVI =L |
| 6183 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Red. Type CXCVI =L |
| 6184 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type CXCVI. =L. |
| 6185 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Broken. Arched rim ring base. |
| 6186 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type CXXI. =RC.3. =L. |
| 6213 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase with black band and tassel ornament painted round rim. Light whitish clay. Type CCXII, =RC.185, =1L.91b |
| 6219 | (none) | 1927,0527.63 | (none) | Clay bowl. Dark drab. Misshapen. Type CXCVI approximately. =L. |
| 6222 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type XC. In album. =P.37 [drawing] |
| 6224 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Incised line running round inside immediately below lip. Low ring base. Type. Larsa period. |
| 6236 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Broken. Thin pieces of gold plate found within. Round base. Misshapen - front of rim lost. E. [drawing 1:3] |
| 6239 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab. Type CCXXIV. =L. |
| 6260 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Type CCXXIX, =RC.229, =L |
| 6266 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab. Type CCXXXIII. =RC.39. =L. |
| 6282 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Drab. Type CCXXVII. =L |
| 6285 | (none) | 1935,0113.411 | (none) | Clay bowl. Red. Type CXCVI. =L. | |
| 6294 | (none) | 1927,0527.27 | (none) | Stone vase fragment. Grey limestone. Inscribed. ?dim?ni?an-na. About BC 2500-2400. E. |
| 6339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of black stone. One line of inscription. ( )mah dNin-gal: the great [ ] of Ningal - Perhaps door? Inscribed from right to left (reversed like inscription on seal) Edge of the stone worn by use. Ur. H.C. No. 70. |
| 6355 | (none) | 1927,0527.26 | (none) | Black and white granite cup of Naram-Sin. "King of the 4 corners of the world" Broken. A second inscription was added afterwards -"Shulgi mighty king, King of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world. Me dEn-lil his daughter." E |
| 6380 | (none) | 1927,0527.29 | (none) | Diorite cup. Inscribed. Fragment. Dedicatetd to ( ), for the life of ( ?) mighty king, king of Ur, Lugal kagina son of Ur-Utu, his servant, has presented. H.C. E. |