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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 182 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer. Reddish ware, roughly wheelmade. Type XXXI.=L.19 |
| 18212 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Spouted copper bowl. Type RC.118 metal. [drawing] |
| 18308 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase fragment. White calcite. Bowl, shallow with carinated rim. On the outside a panel, complete, with inscription. [drawing of cuneiform inscription] Rimush |
| 18353A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group. Copper bowl. [A] Umbilical with carinated rim. [B] Copper fibula, angular type, the pin missing. [C] Beads. Very small carnelian rings, small agate date shaped, one lapis ball, small blue glaze rings. [D] Glazed clay pot [Type] P103 [annotation unclear]. [drawing] |
| 18355 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark steatite. Type RC.19b |
| 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] | |
| 18369 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. On square pedestal like a four-legged bath, the legs broken off. [drawing 1:2] |
| 184 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay tumbler. Miniature, of coarse reddish clay. Type XXV= RC6 |
| 18429 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone bowl. [drawing] |
| 18431 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. [Type] 20 [drawing] |
| 18434 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Fine limestone. JN8 [drawing 2:5] |
| 18435 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Fine limestone. JN12 [drawing 2:5] |
| 18436 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl alabaster. [Type] 50. [drawing] |
| 18437 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Alabaster. [Type] 55. [drawing 2:5] |
| 18446 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. [Type] 19. [drawing] |
| 18447B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] Iron dagger hilt. [B] Bronze situla. [C] Iron bangle. [D] Iron bangle, end broken. [E-F] 2 copper bracelet. [G] Iron bracelet. [H-J] 3 iron [rings] and [K-M] 3 copper rings. [N-S] 6 copper [arrowheads] and [drawing 1:1] [T-U] 2 iron arrowheads thus: [reference to drawing]. [drawing 1:1] [V] Beads: a number of yellow paste double conoids, lapis tubes and balls, carnelian tubes and balls, beads of green stone, marble, blue paste, a carnelian bead section tubular and a glazed bead. Found in [drawing] [W] one clay coffin. |
| 18459A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| 18467 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Translucent calcite. [Type 9] [drawing 2:5] |
| 18468 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Basic diorite. [Type] 12. [drawing 2:5] |
| 18469 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. White limestone. [Type 17] [drawing 2:5] |
| 18470 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. White limestone. [Type 17] [drawing 2:5] |
| 18471 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Basic diorite. [Type 40] [drawing 2:5] |
| 18472 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Green basic diorite. [Type] 15. [drawing 2:5] |
| 18478 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Greenish diorite. [Type] 8. [drawing] |
| 18479 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. [Type] 20 [drawing] |