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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 11880 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. |
| 11876B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of copper vessels. (A) Oval bowl; (B) Hemispherical bowl; (C) Strainer; (D) Tubular pot; (E) Cooking-pot. |
| 11876A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of copper vessels. (A) Oval bowl; (B) Hemispherical bowl; (C) Strainer; (D) Tubular pot; (E) Cooking-pot. |
| 11875 | 30-12-97 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Broken & in bad condition, the surface much decayed. Straight-sided. | |
| 11870 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Dark greenish steatite (broken) with low base-button. |
| 11869 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. |
| 11861B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Copper Bowls. Hemispherical. A pair of the same size (1 broken in halves) |
| 11861A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Copper Bowls. Hemispherical. A pair of the same size (1 broken in halves) |
| 11853 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Grey steatite. Flattened hemispherical: round the outside, a line at the rim & below this concentric circles incised; broken & part missing. Broken in antiquity & mended with copper rivets which have been broken. |
| 11851 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White Calcite. Broken in antiquity & mended with lead rivets which have now given way. |
| 11849 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone (broken) hemisperical with flattened base. |
| 11837B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Silver Ewer & [B] Patten. Corroded together. Ewer usual libation. (one side badly broken). Patten, with foot & carinated rim (also badly broken). |
| 11831 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone Bowl or trough. Rough. |
| 1183 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. grey stone. Small (broken). [drawing 2:5] |
| 11826B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group of Copper Objects. Oxidized together. [A] (1) Copper Pin; type I. [B] (2) Copper Bowl: hemispherical. [C] (3) Copper Tumbler(?) or box(?) (the top not visible, being inside the bowl). |
| 11822B | 30-12-426 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver Bowls. 1 inside the other, originally hemispherical with low foot-base. distorted. |
| 11822 | 30-12-426 | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Silver Bowls. 1 inside the other, originally hemispherical with low foot-base. distorted. |
| 11821 | (none) | 1929,1017.63 | (none) | Silver Bowl. Oval, usual tubular handle-rings of electrum. Distorted & in bad condition. |
| 11819 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone, straight-sided (broken). |
| 11818 | (none) | 1929,1017.668 | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Broken. Straight-sided. |
| 11817 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Veined calcite: surface decayed: shallow, straight-sided. |
| 11815 | 30-12-77 | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Veined calcite. Straight-sided. |
| 11804 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Oval with silver tubular handle-attachments. |
| 11794 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver Bowl. Broken, distorted & decayed hemispherical? Design incised & in relief-below, conventional mountains (engraved), above, in relief, procession of mountain goats. |
| 11793 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper Bowl. Hemispherical. |