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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18542 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. [Type] 18. [drawing] |
| 18544 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone. Pink and red. [Type] 16. [drawing] |
| 18545 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite. [Type] 17. [drawing] |
| 18547 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone. Broken: uniquely made. [Type] 13. [drawing] |
| 18548 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone. [Type] 20. [drawing] |
| 18558 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite. With slight plate base. [drawing] |
| 18559 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark diorite. [Type] 26. [drawing] |
| 18561 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. [Type] 11. [drawing] |
| 18562 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. [Type] 9. [drawing] |
| 18563 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. Coarse deeply pitted stone. [Type] 24. [drawing] |
| 18564 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone. Very coarse work. [Type] 13. [drawing] |
| 18574 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. [Type] 10. [drawing] |
| 18577 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone. [Type] 8. [drawing] |
| 18578 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Cracked and imperfect - much of the rim missing. [Type] 20 [drawing] |
| 18579 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone. [Type] 25. [drawing] |
| 18594 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Cracked, the edge chipped. [Type] 16. [drawing] |
| 18595 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Fine-grained white limestone. [Type] 18. [drawing] |
| 18596 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Cracked and distressed (slightly oval). [Type] 4. [drawing] | |
| 18597 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Diorite. [Type] 28. [drawing] |
| 18598 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. [Type] 20. [drawing] |
| 18599 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. [Type] 27. [drawing] |
| 18602 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. [Type] 5. [drawing] |
| 18603 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Basic diorite. [Type] 26. [drawing] |
| 18604 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark blackish-grey fine-grained igneous stone. [Type] 13. [drawing] |
| 18627 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl, painted, fragments of: parts of a bowl or cup of greenish drab ware with black decoration, design of roughly hatched circles thus: [reference to drawing] not complete. [drawing] |