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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9713 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Unusually thick and heavy Type III |
| 9724 | (none) | (none) | B17136 | Calcite bowl Translucent Type XVIII | |
| 9725 | (none) | (none) | B17018 | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Badly smashed, but in good condition; complete Type III | |
| 9737 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Type III |
| 9743 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Calcite Bowl Poor condition Surface reddened and powdered through decay Type XVIII |
| 9757 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical |
| 9771 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical in good condition. |
| 9772 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl [Type] III |
| 9774 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Inverted over the mouth of a clay pot type (broken) III |
| 9792 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Part of base missing. |
| 9793 | (none) | 1928,1010.435 | (none) | Limestone Bowl. (broken) The stone very badly decayed and all the surface perished. |
| 9794 | (none) | (none) | B17141 | Limestone Bowl. Broken into 5 pieces. Surface decayed. |
| 9797 | (none) | 1928,1010.129 | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval form With engraved line round rim and 3 slightly raised ribs [drawing] It forms part of a mass of broken copper vessels corroded together, and the full details of it cannot be seen. (nos. 11-14 in Field Notes) [Type] LXXXVII |
| 9802 | (none) | 1928,1010.438 | (none) | Bowl. White limestone. |
| 9831A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Bowl Hemispherical [B] Finger bones found within. Traces of a finely textured garment remain on the bowl Type III |
| 9832 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Type III |
| 9833A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Bowl Long handle perforated at end to admit a copper ring [B] Finger bones found within [C] Copper finger ring adheres to inside of bowl Type__ |
| 9835 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Limestone White Type LIV |
| 9836 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Cauldron Part of rim broken Raised bottom Type II |
| 9837A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Pin Elongated knob head Rounded in section below, square above [drawing] Type I |
| 9841 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical Type III |
| 9857 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bucket With handle Type__ |
| 9888 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Calcite Translucent Type__ |
| 9899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Flattened hemispherical Part of rim broken, small portion missing Type III |
| 9929 | (none) | 1928,1010.396 | (none) | Copper Situla With loops for a wire handle Type LXXXIX |