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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15120 | 31-16-377 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark green basic diorite? Smashed. Type similar to U.14194. RC14. | |
| 15121 | 31-16-374 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase [bowl has been corrected]. Greenish grey basic diorite(?). Broken but complete. Type XXXIII? [drawing 2:5] | |
| 15124 | 31-16-363 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Greenish grey basic diorite? Type IX(RC19a) [drawing 2:5] | |
 | 15125 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone. Part of rim missing. TNG analysis says Type 44. |
| 15126 | 31-16-375 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Greenish grey basic diorite(?). Type IX (RC19b) JN10 (new) | |
| 15134 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. Broken but probably complete. [drawing 1:5] |
| 15135 | 31-16-463 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Smashed. |
| 15136 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White translucent calcite. Type: same as PG 1824 (1). |
| 15137 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White translucent calcite. Thick coating of bitumen (c. 10mm thick) ran round top of vase down to shoulder. Most of rim missing. |
| 15139 | 31-16-464 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Broken. |
| 15140 | 31-16-373 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark green basic diorite. Type XIII. JN38. [drawing 2:5] | |
| 15146 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White translsucent calcite. Type: see field note. |
| 15147 | 31-16-440 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White calcite. Smashed - but complete? |
| 15152 | 31-16-408 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Grey limestone. Cut down. Type: see Field Note. [Type] XXII | |
| 15160 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Greenish grey basic diorite(?). Type XXI. RC19a. [drawing 2:5] |
| 15169 | 31-16-360 | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark green basic diorite? Lip decorated with incised lines running in pairs, one pair obliquely to the next: 26 pairs in all at irregular intervals. Not in catalog. | |
| 15189 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Yellowish drab. Baked. Type: CCCLVIII. =2P. |
| 15194 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Greenish blue(?) glazed. 2 handles. Type: LXVII. |
| 15197 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Blue-green glazed. 2 handles. Type: LXVII. 217P. |
| 15339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pedestal bowl. Red clay, drab surface (broken). Type CCCXVII. |
| 15340 | 31-17-369 | (none) | (none) | Clay pedestal bowl. Light red clay with cream slip, inside the bowl. (broken). Type CCCXLII | |
| 15341 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay pedestal bowl. Red clay with drab surface (broken). Type CCCXLVII. |
| 15371 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. On ring base of TO ware: greenish drab clay with band of black paint round rim. The interior is deeply combed, pres. for the bruising of grain ( a piece missing) Much distorted in firing. Type CCCLXI. |
| 15396 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. TO painted ware. Drab clay with black border & in the interior two cross-hatched triangles. Type CCCLXV. 3a. |
| 15400 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Brown clay. Black on surface, very lightly fired & very flakey. Type CCCLXV. 3. |