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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15561 | (none) | 1930,1213.219 | (none) | Clay cup. To painted ware. Black on cream. Type CCCXLV. 23. [drawing] | |
 | 15564 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Fragments. TO painted ware. Black on drab. Type CCCLXXVL. aU.21. [drawing] |
| 15565 | (none) | 1930,1213.193 | (none) | Clay bowl. Fragments. TO painted ware. Black on greenish drab. Type CCCLXV. 3a. [drawing] | |
| 15572 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab clay. Handmade, very rough. Type CCCXCI |
| 15573 | (none) | 1930,1213.00 | (none) | Clay bowl. TO painted ware ( in fragments) Black on cream. Type CCCLXXVI. 21. [drawing] | |
| 15593 | 31-17-291 | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl or platter. TO painted ware. Black paint, poor & powdery. on light drab. Type CCCLXV. 3. [drawing] | |
| 15594 | (none) | 1930,1213.186 | (none) | Clay cup. TO painted ware (in fragments) Black paint on light drab. Type CCCXLV. Broken. [drawing] | |
| 15600 | (none) | 1930,1213.207 | (none) | Clay platter. TO painted ware. Broad black border on green, fragments, incomplete. Type CCCLXXVII. aU.8 | |
| 15601 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. TO painted ware (imperfect) Plain black rim with 4 strips of pattern on drab ground. Type CCCLXV. 3a. [drawing] |
| 15608 | 31-17-316 | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl (fragments: imperfect) TO painted ware. Brownish black on drab. Type CCCXCI(?). 19. [drawing] | |
| 15610 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Fine light drab ware. Thin walled. Type CCCXCIII. |
| 15629 | 31-17-284 | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. TO painted ware. Fragments: the centre missing. Plain black border on light drab ground. Type CCCLXV. [drawing] | |
| 15632 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. TO painted ware. 2 black lines round rim on drab ground. (broken & imperfect) Type [CCCXXVIII crossed out] 4, but with slight rim not strongly accentuated |
| 157 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bronze situla (?) But seemingly solid, perhaps owing to oxidation only: with frs. of chain. |
| 15766 | 31-16-437 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. Nicked. |
| 15767 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark green stone. |
| 15768 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. |
| 15770 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Yellowish clacite. |
| 15771 | 31-16-466 | (none) | (none) | Stone. Bowl. Yellowish calcite. [drawing] | |
| 15772 | 31-16-423 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. | |
| 15773 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White alabaster. Type: same as U.15101. CVIII. |
| 15774 | 31-16-400 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Yellowish calcite. | |
| 15794 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Oval type with single rib at each end. |
| 16 | (none) | 1923,1110.82 | (none) | Clay bowl. Pinkish drab clay with creamy engobbage. Wheelmade. Rounded base. Hole drilled through side. Type V. | |
| 16008 | (none) | 1931,1010.4 | (none) | Diorite Bowl. Fragment. Dungi. Temple of Nin-gis-zida. Inscription HC..30/I,4 UET 8/2 (Hand copied by Legrain) [CARD MISSING Typed Transcription from British Museum Card] |