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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 17789 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. [drawing] |
| 17790 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. [drawing] |
| 17875 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. With base ring. Type RC.116. [additional notes on back of catalog card][drawing] |
| 18103 | 32-40-1 | (none) | (none) | Vase of glazed frit. The sides are decorated with petals in relief which were colored alternately yellow and black (?): the colors are bleached and the black (?) scarcely shows. [drawing] | |
| 18118 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Very dark steatite. Decorated on the outside with a procession of 5 bulls standing with the bodies in profile and the head turned outwards: bodies in fairly high relief, heads in the round. Over the back of each animal an ear of barley. Very fine work. A chip out of the (plain) rim and a larger break which has taken off the head of one of the balls = otherwise in perfect condition, straight-sided bowl. |
| 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 |
| 18369 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. On square pedestal like a four-legged bath, the legs broken off. [drawing 1:2] |
| 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] |
| 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] |