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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 18470 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. White limestone. [Type 17] [drawing 2:5] |
| 18505 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. White limestone. [Type 12] [drawing 2:5] |
| 9663 | (none) | 1928,1010.437 | (none) | Bowl. White Limestone. Type XXX |
| 9802 | (none) | 1928,1010.438 | (none) | Bowl. White limestone. |
| 18489 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. White calcite. [Type] 55. Bowl. White calcite. [drawing 2:5] |
| 10962 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. White calcite. [drawing] |
| 10958 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. White calcite. Type XVII. [drawing] |
| 10965 | (none) | 1928,1010.454 | (none) | Bowl. White calcite. Oblong trough-shaped with rounded ends. Type 95. [drawing] |
| 10964 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. White calcite. Broken. Type XXI. [drawing] |
| 19544 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. White calcite in fragments |
| 10959 | (none) | 1928,1010.446 | (none) | Bowl. Veined white calcite. [drawing] |
| 10963 | (none) | (none) | B17139 | Bowl. Translucent white calcite. Type XII. [drawing] | |
| 18467 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Translucent calcite. [Type 9] [drawing 2:5] |
| 6887 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Stone. Green loose-grained stone. Basic diorite? Type ?RC.36. RC.196. ?draw. Perhaps like this [reference to drawing] [illegible] slightly flattened base. B. [drawing] |
| 6880 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Stone. Black? Fragment. Type XLVI. =RC.36. III pl.XCIX Type 5. |
| 6893B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Stone. Black. Burnt. Broken and fragmentary. Type. Ur. |
| 6917 | (none) | (none) | B16225 | Bowl. Stone. Black. Broken and fragmentary. Type. Ur. | |
| 8764 | (none) | (none) | B17161 | Bowl. Steatite. Dark green. Stone type LXII. |
| 8253 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Silver. Broken and fragmentary. Handle of silver wire twisted through 2 holes on either side perforated immediately below rim. Warped. [drawing? Metal type _.] |
| 17681 | 32-40-142 | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Pink limestone. Not RC or L [drawing] | |
| 6763 | (none) | (none) | B16221 | Bowl. Oolite stone. Mottled. Type XLIV. E. |
| 11487 | 30-12-76 | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Of white calcite. Broken & rivetted in antiquity. Broken but complete found covered with matting of which the imprint remains. Type LXXI. [drawing] | |
| 17364 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Miniature. Baked clay. Glazed. Blue. Type CCCLV. Persian. =103a. |
| 7943 | (none) | (none) | B17173 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Type LX stone | |
| 8717 | (none) | (none) | B17032 | Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type XII. |