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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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. |
| 6415 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Dark drab. Type CLXXIX variant. |
| 6416 | (none) | (none) | B16236 | Stone bowl. Possibly lamp stand? Light drab. Glazed. With handle. Flat base. | |
| 6425 | (none) | (none) | B16627 | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type CCXXXiX. =P.19. | |
| 6442 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type CCXL. =L. |
| 6470 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone bowl. Jagged edge. White. Type CLIII (stone vase types) =RC.48 [drawing] B. |
| 6475 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Green. Perforated base. |
| 6537 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type XXII. =RC33 |
| 6543A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Clay bowl. Reddish. Mishapen. Type. [B] Found with wooden inlay fragments, agate, carnelian and crystal beads |
| 6547 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. CCXXXIII. (not p) |
| 6548 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type CLVIII. Ribbed. =P.55a |
| 6568 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Fragment. Mottled. B. |