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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 272 | (none) | 1923,1110.16 | (none) | Fragment of alabaster bowl. Ends of lines of a rudely scratched inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 2738 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer. Drab ware : wheel made and very thick. Type CXX. With U.2739 (Ishme Dagan?) |
| 2739 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer. Drab ware : wheel made very thick. Type CXLI. With U.2738 (Ishme Dagan?) |
| 2740 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl fragment. From shallow bowl, scalloped on outside. |
| 275 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of alabaster bowl. Inscribed in rude manner. Placed in IN/No 1. |
| 279 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster fragment of bowl. Beginning of second line of royal inscription. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 2797A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Clay pot. Yellowish drab ware with rounded base. A and B straighter-sided than type. Type XI. =RC.81 (not p) |
| 2797B | 29-174-8 | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Clay pot. Yellowish drab ware with rounded base. A and B straighter-sided than type. Type XI. =RC.81 (not p) | |
| 2797C | 29-174-7 | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Clay Pot. Yellowish drab ware with rounded base A and B staighter-sided than type. | |
| 2847A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery bowl. (A) Rich buff-colored ware, plain design. Type CLIX, =P.21 (B) Larger buff and brown, greenish inside. Type CLIX, =P.21 (C) Smaller: greenish buff. Type CLIX, =P.21 |
| 2847B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery bowl. (A) Rich buff-colored ware, plain design. Type CLIX, =P.21 (B) Larger buff and brown, greenish inside. Type CLIX, =P.21 (C) Smaller: greenish buff. Type CLIX, =P.21 |
| 2847C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery bowl. (A) Rich buff-colored ware, plain design. Type CLIX, =P.21 (B) Larger buff and brown, greenish inside. Type CLIX, =P.21 (C) Smaller: greenish buff. Type CLIX, =P.21 |
| 2899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Miniature of the drab ware : somewhat irregular. Type CLXVII, =P.54 |
| 2932 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small pottery bowl. Pinkish drab ware. Type CLXXXIV. (not p) |
| 3043 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper spoon bowl. Sketch roughly 1:1. [drawing 1:1] |
| 310 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Agate bowl. Intact. Lathe-turned, the center lathe-hole filled up with a strong peg. Plain rib moulding on outside. Very beautiful stone. |
| 3123 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery saucer. Drab ware with splayed lip. Slightly broken. Type CXCIV, =P.35a |
| 3129 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery bowl. Small bowl of drab ware with rounded cheeks. Type CXCV. ? Wrong type see =L. (not p) |
| 3190 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery bowl. Buffware, thin and shallow: reconstructed. Type CXCVI, =L.4, =P.26 |
| 3192A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Three bronze vessels. Bowl, flask and tumbler. ? [bowl] |
| 3271 | (none) | (none) | B16247 | Miniature bowl. Handmade, of drab ware and very rough. Sketch patter 1:1. Type as U.1984. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 3287 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Two elaborate bowl fragments. From round-cheeked bowl, with inturned lip. Fragments fit together. |
| 3291 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl - Diorite. Fragment. Inscription of: (To the god?) Ri-m(u-us), king of Kish, when (he defeated Elam?) |
| 3292 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragments of bowl. White frit, originally glazed, with picture of gazelle (hind quarters only left) and flowers. |
| 3334 | 29-174-28 | (none) | (none) | Glazed bowl. Fragmentary and unornamented: with plain transparent glaze. |