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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15533 | (none) | 1930,1213.195 | (none) | Clay bowl. TO painted ware. Rough & handmade. Black paint on drab. Type CCCLXV. 3a. [drawing] | |
| 15534 | (none) | 1930,1213.216 | (none) | Clay cup. TO painted ware. Black on greenish drab. Type CCCXLV. 25. [drawing] | |
| 15540 | (none) | 1930,1213.222 | (none) | Clay cup. TO painted ware. Black on strong green. Type TO. CIII. 26. [drawing] | |
| 15543 | (none) | 1930,1213.191 | (none) | Clay cup. TO painted ware. Black on green. Type CCCXLV. 25. [drawing] | |
| 15546 | (none) | 1930,1213.208 | (none) | Clay bowl. TO painted ware. Black border, body of red clay with creamy slip. Type CCCLXXVIII. 6. | |
| 15550 | (none) | 1930,1213.210 | (none) | Clay cup. TO painted ware. Black on green: (incomplete) Type CCCXLV. 25. [drawing] | |
| 15551 | (none) | 1930,1213.211 | (none) | Clay cup. TO painted ware. Black on warm buff (incomplete) Type CCCXLV. 25. [drawing] | |
 | 15553 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. TO painted ware. Very wide black border on greenish drab. Type CCCLXXVII. 8. |
| 15557 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. TO painted ware. Chocolate brown on pink. Type CCCLXV. 3a. [drawing] |
| 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] | |
| 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] |
| 15610 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Fine light drab ware. Thin walled. Type CCCXCIII. |
| 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 |
| 15767 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark green stone. |
| 15768 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite. |
| 15770 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Yellowish clacite. |
| 15773 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White alabaster. Type: same as U.15101. CVIII. |
| 15794 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Oval type with single rib at each end. |
| 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] |