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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 774 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Fragment of white marble, thick, saucer, fluted on the outside. Full Ht. 25mm [recorded as H. 25mm in measurement field][drawing] |
| 791 | (none) | 1923,1110.144 | (none) | Glass bowl. Fragment of in heavy molded glass in opaque white and yellow on translucent pale green. Section [referencing drawing]. [drawing 1:1] |
| 802 | (none) | 1923,1110.81 | (none) | Clay bowl (broken) of egg-shell ware in fine light red clay. Hemispherical, round bottomed. Type XCV. =new type 3.a | |
| 810 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. of greenish-grey loose-grained stone resembling lava. Flat base, straight sides. Type JN23 new. |
| 811 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. of greenish-grey loose-grained stone resembling lava. Sides slightly curved, base flat. |
| 812 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Straight sides, flat base. |
| 813 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. of fine-grained date-colored stone, sides slightly curved, base flat. |
| 814 | (none) | (none) | B14980 | Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Sides slightly curved, base flat. | |
| 815 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bown. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Straight sides curve in strongly to base marked by a slight disk. Rim chipped. |
| 816 | (none) | 1923,1110.66 | (none) | Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Almost straight sides, flat base. Broken but complete. |
| 817 | (none) | (none) | B14981 | Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Broken in half and some fragments missing. Sides practically straight, base flat. |
| 818 | (none) | 1923,1110.62 | (none) | Stone bowl of grey fine-grained slatey stone. Broken, but virtually complete. Sides straight, base flat. |
| 819 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Fragment of: of Light blue-grey mottled stone, loose grained. |
| 820 | (none) | (none) | B14979 | Stone bowl of coarse whitish limestone, almost of marble. | |
| 821 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl of rose-pink mottled stone (marble?) |
| 822 | (none) | 1923,1110.61 | (none) | Stone bowl of coarse grey limestone, chip out of rim. |
| 849 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Blue glaze over drab clay. Type LXXXII =44 [P.44 or photo. Designation unclear.] |
| 851 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade. Type XLIII. = new P.21a |
| 888 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl fragment of in veined and colored alabaster. |
| 889 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Marble bowl fragment of in coarse white marble. |
| 890 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl fragment of with remains of projecting solid handle on one side. Remains of inscription. |
| 891 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Marble bowl fragment of very roughly worked and the inside chiseled out instead of being bored or ground- perhaps unfinished. |
| 892 | (none) | 1923,1110.64 | (none) | Alabaster bowl, fragment of highly colored veined alabaster. About 1/3 of bowl, composed of 4 fragments, stuck together. Type RC.25. |
| 896 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster lion. Fragment of showing greater part of body and bit of mane, of a recumbent lion carved in the round: apparently from the rim of a very large bowl. |
| 899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl. Fragment of in crystaline alabaster. |