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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16431 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl, white calcite. Fragment. Very fine veined translucent stone with ring base. [drawing] |
| 16529A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment. Sin-igid(am). H.C. 30/III,2 |
| 16529B | 52-30-66 | (none) | (none) | White calcite bowl. Fragment. Sin-igis(am) H.C. 30/III,2. |
| 16533 | 31-43-253, 31-43-253 | (none) | (none) | White calcite bowl, small fragment. Ur-(Nammu). H.C. 30/III, 5. |
| 16539 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl fragment, white calcite. Dungi. H.C. 30/I, 10 |
| 1662 | (none) | (none) | B17456 | Copper bowl. Fragments. | |
| 16651 | (none) | 1931,1010.293 | (none) | Bowl, bronze. Straight sided platter type. as U.18694 | |
| 16652 | 31-43-593 | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Baked clay. Egg shell ware. Type CCXXXVI. 3bP [P3b?] | |
| 16693 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay bowl. Egg shell ware. Broken but complete. Type _. = 2a new P. [drawing] |
| 16706 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Baked clay bowl. Green glazed. Type IDLXIII. |
| 1672 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Greenish clay; wheelmade, small; with base ring. B. Type CXIII. =RC.29 (not p) |
| 16723 | (none) | 1931,1010.105 | (none) | Stone Bowl. Greenish grey steatite or basic diorite(?). Trough spout. Decorated with concentric circles round upper portion of body. Type _. see field notes for drawing. |
| 1675 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl or Saucer. Buff clay; wheelmade. B. Type CXVI. =RC.25 (not p) |
| 16770 | (none) | 1931,1010.294 | (none) | Copper pan. Type _. [drawing] | |
| 1682 | (none) | 1924,0920.327 | (none) | Saucer. Drab clay; roughly wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30 | |
| 1683 | (none) | 1924,0920.328 | (none) | Saucer. Greenish clay; wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30 | |
| 1684 | (none) | 1924,0920.325 | (none) | Cup. Buff clay; wheelmade. B. Type XXXIV. =RC.26, =L, =P.43a | |
| 1687 | (none) | 1924,0920.349 | (none) | Cup. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type IX (shallower) =RC.4b. =L (not p) | |
| 1688 | (none) | (none) | B15788 | Cup or saucer. Red clay; wheelmade. B. Type IX (shallower) (not p) | |
| 1702 | (none) | (none) | B15812 | Bowl. Fine drab clay; wheelmade; with raised decoration imitating metal form; (in fragments) |
| 17029 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Baked clay. Glazed. Traces of yellow bleached white. Type [LXVII RC236 and 217 crossed out] 215P. |
| 17032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Baked clay glazed. Bleached white. Type LXVII = RC.236. =217P. |
| 17052 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Baked clay. Glazed. Blur. Type LXXXii =44P (TA) |
| 17055 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. Metal type. [drawing 1:1] |
| 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) |