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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 20058 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White limestone. Miniature. JN 28 |
| 20059 | 35-1-186 | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. White calcite. Miniature. JN 28 | |
| 20060 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone vase. Alabaster. Miniature. JN 28 |
| 20074 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Lead bowl. Much distorted. |
| 20090 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White Limestone [crossed out] White calcite. Type |
| 17912I | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group from one burial. (A) [A and J] 2 Gold frontlets. (B) [B and K]2 tubular gold bracelets (C) Gold earring, spirally coiled with lunate ends (D) [D and L] 2 silver bracelets, single wire (E) Cylinder seal, lapis lazuli, introductory scene, 2 standing figures and seated deity; crescent above god; (F) Necklace of gold balls between carnelian bugles, flat lentoid chalcedones, carnelian barrels, carnelian ball, agate lentoid, green chalcedone bugles. (G) Axe, type XVIII, [H-I] Copper objects [These are drawn on the field catalog card, but not assigned subdivisions by Woolley][drawing] |
| 17917M | (none) | (none) | (none) | Burial group. (A) 3 twisted gold hair-ribbons [A, I and O]. (B) 2 gold frontlets [B and P]. (C) Pair of gold hair-rings, spirally coiled, lunated ends [C and Q]. (D) Tubular gold 4 spiral finger ring. (E) Necklace of gold flat diamonds, gold double conoids, carnelian lentoids, bugles and barrels and diamonds, agate barrels. (F) Necklace of gold balls, agate barrels, flat lentoid agate, carnelian bugles, etc. (G) 4 silver bracelets [G and R-T]. (H) Remains of 2 copper bases, from above grave. [H and U] [J-N are metal vessels with drawings but no descriptive text][drawing] |
| 17930E | (none) | (none) | (none) | Burial group. (A) Fragments of twisted hair ribbon. (B) One gold spirally coiled hair ring, hollow lunated ends. (C) Strings of beads on copper wire, alternate steatite and shell painted with gold, terminating in boss of steatite inlaid with shell panels alternately painted yellow. (D) Necklace of gold diamonds, gold ribbed balls, flat lentoid agates, barrel, carnelians, diamond carnelians, and lentoid steatite, etc. Carnelian balls. (E) Copper bowl. |
| 18447B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Group: [A] Iron dagger hilt. [B] Bronze situla. [C] Iron bangle. [D] Iron bangle, end broken. [E-F] 2 copper bracelet. [G] Iron bracelet. [H-J] 3 iron [rings] and [K-M] 3 copper rings. [N-S] 6 copper [arrowheads] and [drawing 1:1] [T-U] 2 iron arrowheads thus: [reference to drawing]. [drawing 1:1] [V] Beads: a number of yellow paste double conoids, lapis tubes and balls, carnelian tubes and balls, beads of green stone, marble, blue paste, a carnelian bead section tubular and a glazed bead. Found in [drawing] [W] one clay coffin. |
| 18459A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| 18903E | 35-1-437 | (none) | (none) | Copper group: (A) Chisel. Type 2a (B) Chisel. Type 4a. (C) Saw (the tip missing) (D) Awl (broken). (E) Bowl, hemispherical; cracked and slightly crushed. | |
| 19410B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Stone bowls. White calcite. Type JN 27 |
| 19411B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 Stone bowls. White calcite. Type JN 27 |
| 19521B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 White [Crossed out] stone bowls. White calcite. Type JN 26 |
| 19793A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. JN 50 |
| 10457D | (none) | 1928,1010.145 | (none) | Oval, with oval base Found with silver lamp and calcite vase Type LXII | |
| 9172B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Copper bowls 2: one inside the other. Hemispherical, very light metal TYPE III |
| 8360B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A and B] Copper bowls. Two, [A] one inside the other. [B]The outer one broken, the inner intact. [Type] III |
| 1002B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Fragments of clay bowls. With rounded panels stamped with palm decorations. Greenish-drab clay, wheelmade. [drawing] |
| 1002C | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Fragments of clay bowls. With rounded panels stamped with palm decorations. Greenish-drab clay, wheelmade. |
| 1092 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Not Assigned |
| 1097 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Not Assigned |
| 6213A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay (bowl) pot [pot seems to correct circled bowl]. Light drab. Mouth painted black Vertical markings about 10mm in length run from neck painted black. Identical with U.6034. Type CCXXII =CCXI, =RC.185, =L.91b [drawing] |
| 7982B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] Two copper bowls. One with a well-marked ring base. Both damaged, corroded together, probably more or less hemispherical in shape. Type _. |
| 10052B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver Bowl 4 Oval - one inside the other. The 3 inner examples are well preserved and have small lapis handles: the outer bowl is much decayed. TYPE__ |