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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11949A | (none) | 1930,1213.574a | (none) | [A-B] 2 Stone Bowls. White limestone (one smashed) One was inverted over the other and between them was a [C] cochle shell containing light green paint Type XXIII |
| 11951 | (none) | 1929,1017.639 | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Type III | |
| 11955 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone (broken). |
| 11969B | 30-12-255 | (none) | (none) | Silver & Copper vessels. Corroded together. [A] Silver bowl. [B-C] Inside this 2 copper bowls slightly smaller; [D] inside these another copper bowl; [E] inside that, a copper tumbler, (crushed). | |
| 11969C | 30-12-255D | (none) | (none) | Silver & Copper vessels. Corroded together. [A] Silver bowl. [B-C] Inside this 2 copper bowls slightly smaller; [D] inside these another copper bowl; [E] inside that, a copper tumbler, (crushed). | |
| 11969D | 30-12-255C | (none) | (none) | Silver & Copper vessels. Corroded together. [A] Silver bowl. [B-C] Inside this 2 copper bowls slightly smaller; [D] inside these another copper bowl; [E] inside that, a copper tumbler, (crushed). | |
| 11969E | 30-12-255A | (none) | (none) | Silver & Copper vessels. Corroded together. [A] Silver bowl. [B-C] Inside this 2 copper bowls slightly smaller; [D] inside these another copper bowl; [E] inside that, a copper tumbler, (crushed). | |
| 11969A | 30-12-255B | (none) | (none) | Silver & Copper vessels. Corroded together. [A] Silver bowl. [B-C] Inside this 2 copper bowls slightly smaller; [D] inside these another copper bowl; [E] inside that, a copper tumbler, (crushed). | |
| 11979 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Type III. Hemispherical distorted but complete. |
| 11999 | (none) | 1929,1017.643 | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval, with flat base & end ribs; at the sides, double tubular handle-rings of silver. Broken but complete. |
| 12009 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone. Much cracked & warped, straight-sided. Type XXV [drawing] |
| 12010 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Type III [Crossed out] |
| 12020 | 30-12-257 | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl Hemispherical. Type III. | |
| 12021 | 30-12-96 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite (broken but complete) straight-sided. Type XVIII XIX XV [All Crossed out] XLV = 15 [drawing] | |
| 12025 | 30-12-90 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type LXXXI. [drawing] | |
| 12026 | 30-12-700 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Grey steatite. Type XXIII. [drawing] | |
| 12051A | (none) | 1929,1017.629 | (none) | [A] Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Inside it a [B] shallow cup of white limestone with nicked rim. [Type] XLIII. | |
| 12089 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Limestone. Grey. Type ? |
| 12092 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta snake. In high relief on broken potsherd. Vase itself was probably a large full bellied bowl. Tail of snake missing. Incised circles on snakes body represented spots on skin. |
| 12110 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Steatite. Grey. Type LXXV. [drawing] |
| 12121 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. |
| 12123 | (none) | 1929,1017.650 | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III | |
| 12129 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Steatite. Black. Originally filled in with red pigment, decorated with cable pattern - incised. Type 39 (new) |
| 12131 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Distorted. [Type] III. |
| 12150 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Limestone. White. Type LXXV. [drawing] |