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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8063 | (none) | 1928,1009.519 | (none) | Stone bowl. Dark steatite. Finely polished. Type LXII. |
| 8068 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. Distorted and part of base missing. [type] III |
| 8069 | (none) | (none) | B17176 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Hemispherical with flattened base. Cracked down one side. Type IX. | |
| 8071 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Rather poor quality. Rim slightly chipped. Type XI. |
| 8074 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone, rather course: the outer surface has suffered badly by fire. Type XVIII |
| 8075 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type XII. |
| 8082 | (none) | (none) | B17159 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type XII. | |
| 810 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. of greenish-grey loose-grained stone resembling lava. Flat base, straight sides. Type JN23 new. |
| 8100 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Type LX stone. |
| 8103 | (none) | (none) | B17162 | Vase. Calcite. White. Veined. Part of rim missing. Type LXI. | |
| 811 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. of greenish-grey loose-grained stone resembling lava. Sides slightly curved, base flat. |
| 812 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Straight sides, flat base. |
| 8123 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Copper. |
| 8126 | (none) | (none) | B17120 | Bowl. Stone. White calcite. Blackened by fire. Part of rim missing. Stone type I. |
| 813 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. of fine-grained date-colored stone, sides slightly curved, base flat. |
| 8134 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Calcite. Grey. Veined. Blackened by fire. Portion of rim missing. Type LXV stone. |
| 8135 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Steatite. Green. 3 bull's hoofs incised on body. Part of rim broken and mended. Stone type LXVI. |
| 814 | (none) | (none) | B14980 | Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Sides slightly curved, base flat. | |
| 8142 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Stone type LXVII. |
| 8143 | (none) | 1928,1009.424 | (none) | Bowl. Limestone. White. Complete. Broken & mended. Stone type XII. |
| 8149 | (none) | (none) | B17155 | Bowl. Calcite. Veined. Greyish. Broken and rivetted in antiquity. Stone type XXI. | |
| 815 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bown. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Straight sides curve in strongly to base marked by a slight disk. Rim chipped. |
| 8153 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Miniature. Very roughly made, apparently cut down from the broken base of a larger vase. Type _. |
| 8156 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone, entirely blackened by fire. Type XXVI. |
| 8157 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III. |