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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11849 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone (broken) hemisperical with flattened base. |
| 11851 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White Calcite. Broken in antiquity & mended with lead rivets which have now given way. |
| 11853 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Grey steatite. Flattened hemispherical: round the outside, a line at the rim & below this concentric circles incised; broken & part missing. Broken in antiquity & mended with copper rivets which have been broken. |
| 11861A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Copper Bowls. Hemispherical. A pair of the same size (1 broken in halves) |
| 11861B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Copper Bowls. Hemispherical. A pair of the same size (1 broken in halves) |
| 11869 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. |
| 11870 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Dark greenish steatite (broken) with low base-button. |
| 11875 | 30-12-97 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Broken & in bad condition, the surface much decayed. Straight-sided. | |
| 11876A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of copper vessels. (A) Oval bowl; (B) Hemispherical bowl; (C) Strainer; (D) Tubular pot; (E) Cooking-pot. |
| 11876B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of copper vessels. (A) Oval bowl; (B) Hemispherical bowl; (C) Strainer; (D) Tubular pot; (E) Cooking-pot. |
| 11880 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. |
| 11922 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Patten [Drawing] [Annotated] Type XXVIII |
| 11924 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval, with verticular tubular handles. Type LXIII |
| 11926 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone Bowl. (chipped, and the surface badly decayed). |
| 11937 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Cauldron. [Drawing] Type XXI |
| 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. |
| 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. |