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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 14459A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Alabaster. Translucent. Decorated with a shallow nicked ridge. [Type] CIV. JN3. |
| 14463A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. Semi-translucent. Type same as U.14448. |
| 14464A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Type LXXIX. [drawing 2:5] |
| 14465 | 31-16-394 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Miniature. Type [several crossed out] RC67. JN56b (draw). Preceding. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 14493A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark grey. Basic diorite? Broken but complete. Type LXVII (RC41) |
| 14494A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Greensih grey. Basic diorite(?) Type. LI. |
| 14495A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Distorted. Type same as PG1824, See field note sketch. Type CVIII (JNG/351) |
| 14496A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. White. Type LXVII (RC41) [drawing 2:5] |
| 14497A | 35-1-613 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark green Indian(?) stone. Broken but complete. Type same as 14494. Type LI. |
| 14499A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Grey basic diorite. Type XVIII. |
| 14500 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite (?) Dark grey. Type IX (RC19a) JN12. | |
| 1471 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl of mortar. Greenish-brown veined stone. |
| 1484 | (none) | 1924,0920.139 | (none) | Miniature pot. Drab clay; handmade. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 14908 | 31-17-11 | (none) | (none) | Fragments. Of a small bowl of blue glazed frit. Shape uncertain. | |
| 1491 | (none) | 1924,0920.142 | (none) | Miniature bowl. Red clay; wheelmade(?) chipped at rim. Like U.1485, U.1486. | |
| 14911 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Flat and oval. Not in catalog. [drawing] |
| 14914 | 31-16-361 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Light grey basic diorite (?) Hemispherical, with slight base cap. JN14 =JN.5 new. | |
| 14915 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type JN2. = JN.19 new [drawing] |
| 14917 | (none) | 1930,1213.264 | (none) | Stone bowl (broken). Not in cat. |
| 14949 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay. Type CCCXXII. =JN19. Not in catalog. |
| 14955 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab ware. Flattened hemispherical. One hole through the bottom and 4 holes in two groups of 2 each close together on one side. JN65. [drawing] |
| 14959 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Straight-sided. Not in catalog. |
| 1496 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Saucer. Drab clay; handmade. Rough. ?Larsa [drawing 1:1] |
| 14960 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Very roughly made of coarse lgiht red clay. Masses of examples of this type occur between -8.5m and -10.4m, especially in the lower part: they were being made in the kiln found at -9.1m. Not in catalog. |
| 14975 | 31-16-422 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Flattened hemispherical, no base. [drawing] |