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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 9974 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Much distorted but probably hemispherical [Type] III |
| 10031 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval, with base Exactly like the gold example from the same grave: the foot is slightly developed Base burst in TYPE__ |
| 10032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl Oval A good deal distorted & cracked |
| 10033 | (none) | (none) | B17529 | Silver Bowl Oval Resembling U.10031 badly smashed up |
| 10034 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Gold Bowl. (? electrum) Hemispherical with slight base broken nearly in halves. Found corroded to the copper tray (U.10036) and silver libation vase (U.10035). The decorated gold bowl, U.10003 was inside it, and so was the plain gold bowl U.10013 |
| 10052A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver Bowl 4 Oval - one inside the other. The 3 inner examples are well preserved and have small lapis handles: the outer bowl is much decayed. TYPE__ |
| 10060 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Steatite Bowl Dark greenish grey Bell-shaped [drawing] (broken) Type 50 (new) |
| 10061 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Steatite Bowl Dark greenish grey Bell shaped Type__ |
| 10062 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Steatite Bowl Dark greenish grey Bell shaped Type 17.5.P7 |
| 10063 | (none) | (none) | B17153 | Steatite bowl Dark greenish grey Bell-shaped All the top badly broken but complete Type__ |
| 10080 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Cauldron Straight-sided with two small ring handles at rim [drawing] Type LI |
| 10081J | (none) | 1928,1010.392d | (none) | Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted. |
| 10081B | (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. |
| 10081C | (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. |
| 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 | |
| 10170 | (none) | 1928,1010.390 | (none) | 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 |