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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 10081D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted. |
| 10082 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bucket [drawing] not accurate [Type] XXII |
| 10083 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Cauldron Supported on four small bulls feet [drawing] approx. Type XLII |
| 10086A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Bucket Exactly like U10082 q.v. but larger= ht. c. 020 but the pot is too distorted for accurate measurement Inverted over its mouth is a [B] shallow plate diam 017 with rim 0025 high [drawing] something like this [drawing] Type XXXVII |
| 10087 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Cauldron Much distorted and broken [drawing] Type II |
| 10154 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Long handle with ring attached through a hole perforated in end. Part of rim missing. Type LXXX. |
| 10163 | (none) | (none) | B17531 | Copper Bowl Type LXXXIV | |
| 10174 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Distorted Type III |
| 10184 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl Possibly used for bread making Raised ridge running round bottom possibly forming a runnel for the flour; gap in ridge to admit of addition of flour during stirring. cf. drawing. Type __ |
| 10309 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Type III =RC4 metal not among 1L Fg ps |
| 10388 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Steatite Bowl. Bell shaped. One side cut down in antiquity. Type LXII. |
| 10399 | (none) | (none) | B17183 | Steatite Bowl Rim chipped Roughly worked Type XVIII | |
| 10413 | (none) | (none) | B17340 | Copper Vessels a lamp, ordinary shell type fixed inside a shallow bowl with long handle (broken) & short splayed spout | |
| 10457A | (none) | (none) | B17297 | Silver Bowls 4 [A-D] Oxidised together 3 of oval type with little knob handles on the long sides, one hemispherical. Type __ Photo __ | |
| 10461 | (none) | (none) | B17073 | Silver Bowl In bad condition Type__ | |
| 10464 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Oval, with oval base. Type LXIII | |
| 10480 | (none) | (none) | B17166 | Stone Bowl Calcite Translucent Light green Oval shaped with single rib at either end running from rim to base: double barrel lug handles in middle of each long side of bowl. Badly broken and part missing Type CIII | |
| 10481 | (none) | (none) | B17152 | Stone Bowl steatite grey Bell shaped Broken and mended. Small piece missing from rim and side Type LXVI | |
| 10484 | (none) | (none) | B17133 | Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent [drawing] 2:5 Type LXIII | |
| 10497 | (none) | (none) | B17142 | Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent Complete [drawing] Type CV | |
| 10499 | (none) | (none) | B17129 | Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent Broken and mended. Part of rim missing Same type as U.10497 Type LXVII | |
| 10501 | (none) | (none) | B17131 | Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent [drawing] Type LXIX | |
| 10506 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bow Steatite? Bell shaped. Badly broken: probably complete. Type LXII. |
| 10508 | (none) | (none) | B17307 | Stone bowl Steatite grey Broken & mended Parts of rim & side missing [drawing] 1:5 Type LI | |
| 10512 | (none) | (none) | B17134 | Stone Bowl Calcite White Translucent Badly broken, Complete? Animal bones found within Type__ |