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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 12320 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Badly broken. |
| 12321 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type. Same as U.12265 but more squat LXXI. |
| 12322 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Bad sandstone. Badly broken. |
| 12328 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Type LXXV. [drawing 2:5] |
| 12337 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Plain circular type with low side. [Type] III. =RC.4. |
| 12437 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. [drawing] |
| 12441 | 30-12-427 | (none) | (none) | Silver bowl. Oval = Crushed and distorted. [Type] LXIII. | |
| 12485C | 30-12-432D | (none) | (none) | Copper tray etc. [A] [Tray] [Tray type] XXV (new 31) Attached by corrosion to the inside of this are [drawing] [B] 1 copper vessel [Type] XXXVI (new 81), with long trough spout [drawing] [C-E] 3 copper hemispherical bowls, [F-I] Copper vases [Type] LXI, four more or less alike and [J] one [Type] XLV. All corroded together. [drawing] [additional notes on back: 4 bowls BM 121663 1 broken (illegible) from 1927-8 unclear if this is related to the 3 bowls listed in entry] | |
| 12486 | 30-12-254 | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. [Type] XLIV. [drawing] | |
| 12487A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper cauldron [drawing, labeled: XXIV] To which is attached by corrosion a [B] copper bowl thus [drawing, labeled: XLVII] with small horizontal loop handles |
| 12487B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper cauldron [drawing, labeled: XXIV] To which is attached by corrosion a [B] copper bowl thus [drawing, labeled: XLVII] with small horizontal loop handles |
| 12492 | (none) | 1929,1017.670 | (none) | Bowl of white limestone. The edge of the rim nicked on the outside. Type XLIII. [drawing] |
| 12620 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Saucer shaped. Type XIV [drawing 2:5] |
| 12641A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper bowl hemispherical. Distorted. [B] (2) Copper pin - straight type. [C] (3) Cylinder seal. Glazed frit in bad condition. Presentation scene. |
| 12648 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Broken. Type ? |
| 12651 | (none) | 1929,1017.651 | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III. | |
| 12659 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III. |
| 12660 | (none) | 1929,1017.640 | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. Type same as U.12321. LXXI. | |
| 12661 | 30-12-256 | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Oval type. [Type] LXIII. | |
| 12670 | 30-12-433 | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. With slight depressed spout. Type XV. | |
| 12671A | 30-12-259 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 copper bowls and shell cut as a lamp all corroded together. Bowls broken and in poor condition. [Type] LXIII. |
| 12673 | (none) | 1929,1017.663 | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite veined. Greenish. Type XVIII [drawing 1:5] |
| 12678D | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper pin with bent head - on the top a lapis cube with a silver cap. Top missing. [B] (2) Copper pin. Lapis ball head with gold caps in upper and under side Type V B. [C] Cylinder seal. Shell. Decayed. Subject: rampant animals. [D] Stone bowl miniatures. Nicked rim. Calcite. [Type] XLIII. [drawing] |
| 12680E | (none) | 1929,1017.672 | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper axe Type XXII. [B] (2) Copper reticule containing manicure tools on ring. Traces of matting on reticule. [C] (3) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Bird headed man and rampant animals. [D] (4) Beads - Worn round forehead? 2 carnelian bugles - 1 lapis lentoid. [E] (5) Stone bowl. White limestone. [Type] XXV. [drawing] |
| 12684 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Hemispherical. Traces of yellowish pigment within. Calcite. Type 36. [drawing] |