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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 19304 | (none) | 1935,0112.94 | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type JN 36 |
| 19319 | (none) | 1935,0112.93 | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Type JN 17. |
| 19961 | (none) | 1935,0112.92 | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite. Type JN 52 |
| 19282 | (none) | 1935,0112.90 | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Type J.N. 13 |
| 19966 | (none) | 1935,0112.88 | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone. (top half) [crossed out] JN 3 =24 |
| 19700 | (none) | 1935,0112.4 | (none) | Stone vase. 'alabaster. JN 26 |
| 19356 | (none) | 1935,0112.3 | (none) | Stone bowl. Pink limestone. Type JN 8 |
| (none) | (none) | 1935,0112.21 | (none) | (none) | |
| 19350 | (none) | 1935,0112.105 | (none) | Brown 'smoked' ware. Imitation of stone. (new) JN 22 [much marked through and corrected on card] | |
| 18364 | (none) | 1933,1013.9 | (none) | Copper bowl. Spouted, with handle ending in a lion's head gripping the bowl's rim. Broken but complete. [drawing] | |
| (none) | (none) | 1933,1013.59 | (none) | (none) |
| 18514 | (none) | 1933,1013.149 | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. [Type] 12. [drawing] |
| 18487 | (none) | 1933,1013.145 | (none) | Bowl. [Type 27]. [drawing 2:5] |
| 17842C | (none) | 1932,1008.6 | (none) | Beads. A mixed lot. 192 carnelian bugles. 56 carnelian double conoids, lentoids and barrels. 11 large carnelian double conoids and facetted lentoids. 421 carnelian rings. 81 larger carnelian rings. 41 glazed frit balls. 43 lapis lazuli, rings, bugles, ovoids, small mixed beads, apatite (?) quartzite, shell, agate and crystal. |
| 17994 | (none) | 1932,1008.285 | (none) | Glazed saucer. Persian. Type 755. =42P. [drawing 1:2] | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.569 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.567 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.563 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.556 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.555 | (none) | (none) | |
| 16309 | (none) | 1931,1010.554 | (none) | Bowl. Egg shell ware. Type IDLVII. 3a(P) [P3a?] [drawing] |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.553 | (none) | (none) | |
| 17063 | (none) | 1931,1010.552 | (none) | Bowl. Baked clay. Egg shell ware. Light drab. Type [CCXXXVI crossed out] see field notes. Draw. Type 4 P. (TA) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.551 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.550 | (none) | (none) |