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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10388 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Steatite Bowl. Bell shaped. One side cut down in antiquity. Type LXII. |
| 10455 | (none) | 1928,1010.135 | (none) | Silver Bucket (?) but with no handles [drawing] Type XXXII |
| 10462 | (none) | 1928,1010.147 | (none) | Silver Pot [Type] XXXII [drawing] Inside it a silver bowl: and resting against the rim and projecting above it a silver drinking tube |
| 10464 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Oval, with oval base. Type LXIII | |
| 10482 | (none) | 1928,1010.422 | (none) | Stone Bowl steatite grey Bell shaped Broken & mended. Small piece missing from rim and side Type LXII |
| 10483 | (none) | 1928,1010.423 | (none) | Stone Bowl steatite grey Bell shaped Broken and mended. 3 small pieces missing from side Type LXII |
| 10488 | (none) | 1928,1010.420 | (none) | Stone Bowl obsidian Oval shaped dark grey Same type as U.10480 Badly broken and mended Parts missing Type CIII |
| 10495 | (none) | 1928,1010.452 | (none) | Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent Same type as U.10484 Badly broken Probably complete Type XVIII |
| 10506 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bow Steatite? Bell shaped. Badly broken: probably complete. Type LXII. |
| 10507 | (none) | 1928,1010.450 | (none) | Stone bowl Calcite White Most of surface decayed Broken & mended Part missing [drawing] Type LXVI |
| 10510 | (none) | 1928,1010.444 | (none) | Stone bowl Calcite White Broken into many pieces Probably virtually complete Type__ |
| 10511 | (none) | 1928,1010.447 | (none) | Stone Bowl Calcite White Same type as U10,499 Broken & mended. Part Missing Type LXVII |
| 10519 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Steatite Bell shaped Rim entirely missing Unusually large & heavy Type LXII |
| 10522 | (none) | 1928,1010.428 | (none) | Stone Bowl steatite grey Complete Outisde of bowl decorated with 8 rows of triangles in relief. Each triangle has oblique incisions cut parallel with the 2 sides. Round middle of bowl a plain rib dividing 4 upper rows of triangles from the four lower rows [drawing] Type CX |
| 10528 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Steatite Grey Bell Shaped Rim broken & part missing? Unusually large Type LXII |
| 10547 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Steatite Decorated with one row of incised concentric circles Type. see Field Note. [Type] CXV |
| 10589B | (none) | 1928,1010.441 | (none) | Group A/ Beads, gold, silver, and lapis double conoids. B/ Bowl of white limestone, surface poor. Type__ C/ |
| 10724 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval shaped. Distorted. Type LXIII |
| 10730 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Part of Bottom Missing [Type] III |
| 10731 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Part of rim missing [Type] III |
| 10732 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Calcite White Very low insides Type LXXXIII |
| 10759 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Cauldron Type 49 (new) |
| 10763B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin with copper ball head corroded on to a flattened hemispherical copper bowl Pin perforated through upper portion of stem to admit a copper ring. Copper bowl in poor condition and distorted Type V [drawing] |
| 10769 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. A few lapis double conoid beads found within. These formed a bracelet. |
| 10773 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical [Type] III New 4 |