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.
Objects: Bowls Export: JSON - XML - CSV
| Object | U Number | Museum Number (UPM Date Reg Number) | Museum Number (BM Registration Number) | Museum Number (UPM B-number) | Description (Catalog Card) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10516 | (none) | (none) | B17143 | Stone bowl Calcite White Unusual type Very badly broken. Probably virtually complete Large size Type__ | |
 | 10732 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Calcite White Very low insides Type LXXXIII |
| 10527 | (none) | (none) | B17132 | Stone bowl Calcite White Complete [drawing] 2:5 Type IX | |
| 9192 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Green grey diorite (?) all the upper part broken to pieces and the bottom also missing [Type] ? |
| 9114 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Grey Steatite Type XIX |
| 10517 | (none) | (none) | B17167 | Stone bowl lapis lazuli spouted (trough spout) [drawing] 2:5 Type CIX | |
| 9835 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Limestone White Type LIV |
| 10488 | (none) | 1928,1010.420 | (none) | Stone Bowl obsidian Oval shaped dark grey Same type as U.10480 Badly broken and mended Parts missing Type CIII |
| 10519 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Steatite Bell shaped Rim entirely missing Unusually large & heavy Type LXII |
| 9616 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl Steatite Blue-green Stone type LI |
| 10523 | (none) | (none) | B17168 | Stone bowl Steatite Dark grey Decorates with minute triangle in relief set in 11 diamond shaped reserves with run round the entire circumference single lines of combed decoration below rim and above base Bowl stood on a baked clay ring base. q.v. U.10,524 complete but part of rim broken. [drawing] 2:5 Type CX | |
| 9249 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Steatite Dark grey In many fragments - complete?? Type? Probably like type LXII. |
| 10547 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Steatite Decorated with one row of incised concentric circles Type. see Field Note. [Type] CXV |
| 10482 | (none) | 1928,1010.422 | (none) | Stone Bowl steatite grey Bell shaped Broken & mended. Small piece missing from rim and side Type LXII |
| 10483 | (none) | 1928,1010.423 | (none) | Stone Bowl steatite grey Bell shaped Broken and mended. 3 small pieces missing from side Type LXII |
| 10481 | (none) | (none) | B17152 | Stone Bowl steatite grey Bell shaped Broken and mended. Small piece missing from rim and side Type LXVI | |
| 10528 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl Steatite Grey Bell Shaped Rim broken & part missing? Unusually large Type LXII |
| 10508 | (none) | (none) | B17307 | Stone bowl Steatite grey Broken & mended Parts of rim & side missing [drawing] 1:5 Type LI | |
| 10522 | (none) | 1928,1010.428 | (none) | Stone Bowl steatite grey Complete Outisde of bowl decorated with 8 rows of triangles in relief. Each triangle has oblique incisions cut parallel with the 2 sides. Round middle of bowl a plain rib dividing 4 upper rows of triangles from the four lower rows [drawing] Type CX |
| 9664 | (none) | (none) | B17182 | Stone bowl White limestone Bath-shaped Type XXI | |
| 8533 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl White limestone Oval with spout (Broken) and in bad condition Type XCVII |
| 8648 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl White limestone The edge decorated with nicking Type XII |
| 8544 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl White limestone The rim decorated with nicks (broken) Type IX |
| 8645 | (none) | (none) | B17165 | Stone bowl White limestone Triangular shaped spouted bowl Type XCVIII | |
| 8553 | (none) | (none) | B17177 | Stone bowl White limestone Type LXXV |