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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 16404 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical, flattened, heavy metal, in good condition. RC3. [drawing] |
| 16431 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl, white calcite. Fragment. Very fine veined translucent stone with ring base. [drawing] |
| 16529B | 52-30-66 | (none) | (none) | White calcite bowl. Fragment. Sin-igis(am) H.C. 30/III,2. |
| 16529A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment. Sin-igid(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 |
| 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. |
| 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] |
| 17079 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. [drawing] |
| 17080 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Baked clay. Burnished. Brown. Type I)LXiV |
| (none) | 31-43-507 | (none) | (none) | (none) |
| 17235 | (none) | (none) | (none) | White calcite bowl. (fragment) Remains of the inscription of a king: (?-^dEN)ZU. HC. |
| 17305 | 31-43-585 | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Baked clay. Light drab. Decorated with an incised tree(?) and a serpent (?) turned round the trunk(?). Type 1DLXII. |
| 17364 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Miniature. Baked clay. Glazed. Blue. Type CCCLV. Persian. =103a. |
| 17374 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Baked clay. Egg shell ware. Type new 5bP. |
| 17681 | 32-40-142 | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Pink limestone. Not RC or L [drawing] | |
| 17750 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Calcareous sandstone. Cross scratched on base. [drawing] |
| 17770 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. [drawing] |
| 17771 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. [Type] XV. [drawing] |
| 17772 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Bent over rim. [drawing] |