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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7106 | (none) | (none) | B16629 | Clay bowl. Design roughly painted in black on ground. Found inverted; under it, dates. Type CCLXXVIII. =L. | |
 | 976 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type IC. |
| 681 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type LXVII but with rim. Not p. |
| 922 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type LXXVII. =P.28 |
| 952 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type LXXXI =P.47 |
| 683 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type unknown. Scrapped. |
| 851 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade. Type XLIII. = new P.21a |
| 638 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade. [beloq] Type [crossed out] LV, XVI =RC.73 =L, Vol. VII. |
| 552 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay. Wheelmade, broken. Type XLIII. |
| 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. |
| 6076 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab. Hemispherical. Misshapen, |
| 6239 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab. Type CCXXIV. =L. |
| 6266 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab. Type CCXXXIII. =RC.39. =L. |
| 14911 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Flat and oval. Not in catalog. [drawing] |
| 6663 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Fragmentary. Glazed. Ribbed. B. |
| 13063 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Glazed ware. Blue bleached white. Type same as U.13058. New type 103 [illegible, looks like 75 7b or 76? unclear.] |
| 6028 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Glazed. 2 small handles on rim. Round base. Type CXXII, nearest approximate. =RC.83 ?6094 |
| 6949 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Glazed. Blue. Two handles on shoulder of the lid. Type. |
| 6978 | (none) | (none) | B16238 | Clay bowl. Glazed. Grey. Type CXCIV =P.35= | |
| 7083 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Greenish drab. Type CCLXIX. =L. |
| 17149 | (none) | 1930,1213.467 | (none) | Clay bowl. Large, with flat base and straight somewhat everted sides. Al 'Obaid ware with a band of decoration in black round the rim and just above the base broken and incomplete, but a considerable fragment. Type aU.51 [Al 'Obaid typology?] [drawing] | |
| 6185 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Broken. Arched rim ring base. |
| 6547 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. CCXXXIII. (not p) |
| 6039 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Face decorated with thick black with shaped painted strips. Fragmentary. Part of rim missing. Not to scale [reference to drawing] Type 274 = 1L.35 [drawing] |
| 6224 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Incised line running round inside immediately below lip. Low ring base. Type. Larsa period. |