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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 6574 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Type. |
| 6579 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl, fragment. Black steatite. Ur. |
| 6638 | (none) | (none) | B16399 | Silver bowl. Flat. Umbilical, lotus pattern on outside. For catalog. E. | |
| 6640 | (none) | 1927,0527.75 | (none) | Bowl. Base silver. Misshapen. E. |
| 6644 | (none) | 1927,0527.74 | (none) | Silver situla. Fragment. With silver handle hinged onto the rim. E. |
| 6654B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Terracotta bowl.Light drab. Type 17. photo shot of type 175 [176?] missing. |
| 6654C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver bowl. High rim. Poor condition - fragmentary. Remains of burnt wood inside. E. |
| 6656 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl with handle. Base silver. E. |
| 6662 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Rim of bowl. Copper fragment. E. |
| 6663 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Fragmentary. Glazed. Ribbed. B. |
| 6665 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Wooden. With 2 handles. Fragmentary. |
| 6666 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Godrooned bowl. Copper. |
| 6667A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 bowls. Glazed. Blue. Type 237 =new type (p)126 B |
| 6667B | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-B] 2 bowls. Glazed. Blue. Type 237 =new type (p)126 B |
| 6726 | (none) | 1927,0527.28 | (none) | Black stone bowl. Of En-mah-gal-an-na en dnannar Cf. the date of the 4th year of Bur-Sin. E. [drawing] |
| 6736 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Inscribed steatite dish. "For the life of dShulgi, the god of his land, king of Ur, king of the 4 regions of the world-----. H.C. B |
| 6763 | (none) | (none) | B16221 | Bowl. Oolite stone. Mottled. Type XLIV. E. |
| 6764 | (none) | 1927,0527.250 | (none) | Bowl terracotta. Fragment. Decorated in form of lion's mane? | |
| 678 | (none) | 1923,1110.93 | (none) | Incense bowl(?) Fragment. Clay. Shallow bowl: below, in relief, the fingers of a human hand, moulded and finished off with a tool. Compare the N.Syrian steatite examples. | |
| 6805 | 31-16-169 | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Type XC in album ? Persian, =P.37 | |
| 6809 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| 681 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type LXVII but with rim. Not p. |
| 6810 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. Glazed. White. blue glazedround rim. Type LXXXII |
| 6829 | (none) | 1927,0527.305 | (none) | Bowl. Faience. Glazed. Mouth broken. Type CCLV. Drawn as fig. See text Gig-per-ku Room B.12 P.29 |
| 683 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type unknown. Scrapped. |