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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11955 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone (broken). |
| 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] |
| 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] |
| 12168 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. Distorted. [Type] III. |
| 12172 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Steatite. Grey. Badly broken. Dimensions? |
| 12173 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Calcite. White. Miniature. Type LXXX. [drawing 2:5] |
| 12215 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Miniature. Dark grey steatite. Type IX. [drawing] |
| 12217 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl.White limestone. Trough type with lip spout. Badly broken & limestone decayed. For type see field notes. |
| 12223 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone. Broken. |
| 12234 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] VII. |
| 12236 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Calcite, white. Type LXXI. [drawing] |
| 12256J | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Wreath of 16 gold beech leaves on lapis & carnelian strings. [B] (2) Frontlet of gold, lentoid shaped, rosette decoration on long gold wire ties, looped one end, the other end consists of a carnelian ring bead the wire being coiled to prevent it from falling off. Frontlet is bent double. [C] (3) Gold coil earring. 2 1/2 coils. [D] (4) Gold coil earring. 1 1/2 coils. [E-F] (5) 2 gold chains. Double twisted links giving a square section. Strung with 1 gold facetted lentoid & 2 lapis ditto.with carnelian ring beads in between. [G] (6) Whetstone. [H] (7) Silver pin with lapis ball head & gold cap, straight, circular in section. [I] (8) Beads. Large carnelian bugles and small lapis double conoids & 1 jasper bugle; flattened carnelian double conoids & flattened rectangular lapis beads one with a rib down middle. [J] (9) Copper Axe. Type XIX. [K](10) Bowl. White calcite. [Type IX] [drawing] [L](11) Stone bowl. White calcite. [M] (12) Ostrich shell badly broken. Traces of red paint. [N] (13) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli 2 registers: above, banquet scene; below, men fighting crossed animals- -lions. |
| 12256K | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Wreath of 16 gold beech leaves on lapis & carnelian strings. [B] (2) Frontlet of gold, lentoid shaped, rosette decoration on long gold wire ties, looped one end, the other end consists of a carnelian ring bead the wire being coiled to prevent it from falling off. Frontlet is bent double. [C] (3) Gold coil earring. 2 1/2 coils. [D] (4) Gold coil earring. 1 1/2 coils. [E-F] (5) 2 gold chains. Double twisted links giving a square section. Strung with 1 gold facetted lentoid & 2 lapis ditto.with carnelian ring beads in between. [G] (6) Whetstone. [H] (7) Silver pin with lapis ball head & gold cap, straight, circular in section. [I] (8) Beads. Large carnelian bugles and small lapis double conoids & 1 jasper bugle; flattened carnelian double conoids & flattened rectangular lapis beads one with a rib down middle. [J] (9) Copper Axe. Type XIX. [K](10) Bowl. White calcite. [Type IX] [drawing] [L](11) Stone bowl. White calcite. [M] (12) Ostrich shell badly broken. Traces of red paint. [N] (13) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli 2 registers: above, banquet scene; below, men fighting crossed animals- -lions. |
| 12256L | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Wreath of 16 gold beech leaves on lapis & carnelian strings. [B] (2) Frontlet of gold, lentoid shaped, rosette decoration on long gold wire ties, looped one end, the other end consists of a carnelian ring bead the wire being coiled to prevent it from falling off. Frontlet is bent double. [C] (3) Gold coil earring. 2 1/2 coils. [D] (4) Gold coil earring. 1 1/2 coils. [E-F] (5) 2 gold chains. Double twisted links giving a square section. Strung with 1 gold facetted lentoid & 2 lapis ditto.with carnelian ring beads in between. [G] (6) Whetstone. [H] (7) Silver pin with lapis ball head & gold cap, straight, circular in section. [I] (8) Beads. Large carnelian bugles and small lapis double conoids & 1 jasper bugle; flattened carnelian double conoids & flattened rectangular lapis beads one with a rib down middle. [J] (9) Copper Axe. Type XIX. [K](10) Bowl. White calcite. [Type IX] [drawing] [L](11) Stone bowl. White calcite. [M] (12) Ostrich shell badly broken. Traces of red paint. [N] (13) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli 2 registers: above, banquet scene; below, men fighting crossed animals- -lions. |