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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 625 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer. Drab clay, wheelmade. [below] Type XC. but carelessly made. Rounder rim than in 938. [inserted] = P.37 |
| 6260 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Type CCXXIX, =RC.229, =L |
| 6266 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab. Type CCXXXIII. =RC.39. =L. |
| 6282 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay vase. Drab. Type CCXXVII. =L |
| 6285 | (none) | 1935,0113.411 | (none) | Clay bowl. Red. Type CXCVI. =L. | |
| 6294 | (none) | 1927,0527.27 | (none) | Stone vase fragment. Grey limestone. Inscribed. ?dim?ni?an-na. About BC 2500-2400. E. |
| 6339 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment of black stone. One line of inscription. ( )mah dNin-gal: the great [ ] of Ningal - Perhaps door? Inscribed from right to left (reversed like inscription on seal) Edge of the stone worn by use. Ur. H.C. No. 70. |
| 6355 | (none) | 1927,0527.26 | (none) | Black and white granite cup of Naram-Sin. "King of the 4 corners of the world" Broken. A second inscription was added afterwards -"Shulgi mighty king, King of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world. Me dEn-lil his daughter." E |
| 638 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade. [beloq] Type [crossed out] LV, XVI =RC.73 =L, Vol. VII. |
| 6380 | (none) | 1927,0527.29 | (none) | Diorite cup. Inscribed. Fragment. Dedicatetd to ( ), for the life of ( ?) mighty king, king of Ur, Lugal kagina son of Ur-Utu, his servant, has presented. H.C. E. |
| 64 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl. In very bad condition, stained and whole surface eroded, much of rim broken away. [drawing 1:2] |
| 6415 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Dark drab. Type CLXXIX variant. |
| 6416 | (none) | (none) | B16236 | Stone bowl. Possibly lamp stand? Light drab. Glazed. With handle. Flat base. | |
| 6425 | (none) | (none) | B16627 | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type CCXXXiX. =P.19. | |
| 6442 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type CCXL. =L. |
| 6470 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Limestone bowl. Jagged edge. White. Type CLIII (stone vase types) =RC.48 [drawing] B. |
| 6475 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Green. Perforated base. |
| 6537 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type XXII. =RC33 |
| 6543A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A] Clay bowl. Reddish. Mishapen. Type. [B] Found with wooden inlay fragments, agate, carnelian and crystal beads |
| 6547 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. CCXXXIII. (not p) |
| 6548 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type CLVIII. Ribbed. =P.55a |
| 655A | (none) | (none) | B14974 | Fragment of a bowl with fine white limestone, virtually marble; rather more than 1/2 preserved. Flat base. (below) RC.19L. [drawing] | |
| 6568 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Fragment. Mottled. B. |
| 6571 | (none) | 1927,0527.289 | (none) | Clay bowl fragmentary. Glazed. Light drab and trace of blue on outside. | |
| 6572 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type XL. =RC.119 (not a bowl) or is it type XC? [illegible] in album Persian =P.37. |