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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1739 | (none) | 1924,0920.135 | (none) | Miniature vase. Light drab clay. Handmade. Cf. RC.83c [drawing] |
| 1484 | (none) | 1924,0920.139 | (none) | Miniature pot. Drab clay; handmade. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1736 | (none) | 1924,0920.141 | (none) | Bowl. Greenish white clay. Same type as U.1735 but rim much chipped. Same size. | |
| 1491 | (none) | 1924,0920.142 | (none) | Miniature bowl. Red clay; wheelmade(?) chipped at rim. Like U.1485, U.1486. | |
| 1684 | (none) | 1924,0920.325 | (none) | Cup. Buff clay; wheelmade. B. Type XXXIV. =RC.26, =L, =P.43a | |
| (none) | (none) | 1924,0920.326 | (none) | (none) | |
| 1682 | (none) | 1924,0920.327 | (none) | Saucer. Drab clay; roughly wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30 | |
| 1683 | (none) | 1924,0920.328 | (none) | Saucer. Greenish clay; wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30 | |
| (none) | (none) | 1924,0920.347 | (none) | (none) | |
| 1687 | (none) | 1924,0920.349 | (none) | Cup. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type IX (shallower) =RC.4b. =L (not p) | |
| 6764 | (none) | 1927,0527.250 | (none) | Bowl terracotta. Fragment. Decorated in form of lion's mane? | |
| 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 |
| 7141 | (none) | 1927,0527.265 | (none) | Clay sacrificial urn. Black painted decoration. Ribbed. Prehistoric. [A] Ox rib fragment found inside. E. |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.268 | (none) | (none) |
| 6294 | (none) | 1927,0527.27 | (none) | Stone vase fragment. Grey limestone. Inscribed. ?dim?ni?an-na. About BC 2500-2400. E. |
| 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] |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.286 | (none) | (none) | |
| 6571 | (none) | 1927,0527.289 | (none) | Clay bowl fragmentary. Glazed. Light drab and trace of blue on outside. | |
| 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. |
| 6075 | (none) | 1927,0527.290 | (none) | Clay bowl. Black painted. Rounded base. Type CCX. Vol VII. | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.291 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.296 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.297 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.298 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1927,0527.299 | (none) | (none) |