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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 12258B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase; white calcite. [B] (2) Stone bowl. White calcite. [C] (3) Stone Bowl. white calcite. badly broken. [D] (4) Silver pin with lapis & gold head. [E] (5) Silver pin with lapis ball head. Straight type. [F] (6) Cylinder seal; lapis lazuli. 2 registers: banqueting scene. [G] (7) Bracelet, gold & lapis beads; flat gold 4 fold spacers with small lapis beads between. [H] (8) Bracelet. Gold & lapis beads. Flat square type with central rib; gold & lapis alternatively. [I] (9) Necklace of gold & lapis. [J] (10) Necklace of gold. [K] (11) Necklace of silver filigree pendants hung on a 2 row chain of blue lentoid bugles & carnelian rings & agate bugles & fluted gold balls. [L] (12) Necklace of gold filigree pendants on a 2 row chain of blue lentoid bugles and cernelian rings and against bugles and fluted gold balls. [M] (13) Necklace of blue & gold ball beads, gold wire-wound beads & very small glazed rings. All small. [N] (14) Wreath of gold beech leaves on lapis & carnelian beads. [O] (15)Gold ribbon. [P] (16) Gold earrings, large lunate type. [Q] (17) Gold wire spiral coil hair-rings. 2 1/2 coils. [R] (18) Lapis bead: Large romboid. [S-W] (19) Five gold finger rings. Made of fine strands of twisted gold wire. [X] (20) Silver comb. Forked type with rosettes. |
| 12258C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase; white calcite. [B] (2) Stone bowl. White calcite. [C] (3) Stone Bowl. white calcite. badly broken. [D] (4) Silver pin with lapis & gold head. [E] (5) Silver pin with lapis ball head. Straight type. [F] (6) Cylinder seal; lapis lazuli. 2 registers: banqueting scene. [G] (7) Bracelet, gold & lapis beads; flat gold 4 fold spacers with small lapis beads between. [H] (8) Bracelet. Gold & lapis beads. Flat square type with central rib; gold & lapis alternatively. [I] (9) Necklace of gold & lapis. [J] (10) Necklace of gold. [K] (11) Necklace of silver filigree pendants hung on a 2 row chain of blue lentoid bugles & carnelian rings & agate bugles & fluted gold balls. [L] (12) Necklace of gold filigree pendants on a 2 row chain of blue lentoid bugles and cernelian rings and against bugles and fluted gold balls. [M] (13) Necklace of blue & gold ball beads, gold wire-wound beads & very small glazed rings. All small. [N] (14) Wreath of gold beech leaves on lapis & carnelian beads. [O] (15)Gold ribbon. [P] (16) Gold earrings, large lunate type. [Q] (17) Gold wire spiral coil hair-rings. 2 1/2 coils. [R] (18) Lapis bead: Large romboid. [S-W] (19) Five gold finger rings. Made of fine strands of twisted gold wire. [X] (20) Silver comb. Forked type with rosettes. |
| 12260 | (none) | 1929,1017.659 | (none) | Stone Bowl. Dark grey steatite. Badly broken. type same as U.11545. [Type]LXII |
| 12265 | (none) | 1929,1017.664 | (none) | Stone Bowl. Alabaster. Type same as U.12236. [Type] LXXI. |
| 12276 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. badly broken. |
| 12294 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval type with silver tubular handle rims. [Type LXIII] |
| 12299 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Dark steatite. Type XXIV. [drawing] |
| 12315 | (none) | 1929,1017.671 | (none) | Stone Bowl. Limestone. Rim chipped. Type CXIV. [drawing] |
| 12317A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Copper Patten & [B] Ewer, & [C-D] 2 copper beakers. Making a set. All in very poor condition and broken. [Types listed, not correlated to objects, but are presumably in order indicated] [A]XXVIII, [B]XXIX, [C-D]XXIX. |
| 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] |
| 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. | |
| 12673 | (none) | 1929,1017.663 | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite veined. Greenish. Type XVIII [drawing 1:5] |