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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 12260 | (none) | 1929,1017.659 | (none) | Stone Bowl. Dark grey steatite. Badly broken. type same as U.11545. [Type]LXII |
| 12717 | (none) | 1929,1017.660 | (none) | Stone bowl. Steatite. Grey. Hemispherical. Type LXVII. New 41. |
| 12704D | (none) | 1929,1017.661 | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as U.12277 [Type] LII. [B] (2) Stone vase. White calcite. Spill type. [drawing 1:5] [C] (3) Stone bowl grey steatite. Broken but complete [Type] LXXXVI. [D] (4) Stone bowl. White calcite. [Type] LIII. [drawing 2:5] [E] (5) Three silver finger rings: corroded together - only one intact - consisting of 3 1/2 coils of fine wire. [F] (6) Remains of copper pin with fluted lapis ball head. Type V B. [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: spread eagles and rampant gazelles (?). Below: Gazelles. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Rampant lions crossed and gazelles. [I] (9) Beads. Lapis bugles and double conoids. Carnelian bugles and rings and some silver wire pendants much decayed. See field note. The silver spiral pendants had 4 circles of spiral coils made out of a single strip of wire thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing] [J] Also in the necklace a minute lapis lazuli frog amulet. [K] Round forehead thin gold ribbon. [drawing] [L] Large double conoid carnelian beads and a few bugles and one calcite bead shaped thus [reference to drawing], diamond shaped in section. |
| 12673 | (none) | 1929,1017.663 | (none) | Stone bowl. Calcite veined. Greenish. Type XVIII [drawing 1:5] |
| 12265 | (none) | 1929,1017.664 | (none) | Stone Bowl. Alabaster. Type same as U.12236. [Type] LXXI. |
| 11518 | (none) | 1929,1017.665 | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone with slight base & 2 small horizontal lugs. Type CXVII. [drawing] |
| 11589 | (none) | 1929,1017.667 | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. (broken but complete). Type XXV. |
| 11818 | (none) | 1929,1017.668 | (none) | Stone Bowl. White calcite. Broken. Straight-sided. |
| 12492 | (none) | 1929,1017.670 | (none) | Bowl of white limestone. The edge of the rim nicked on the outside. Type XLIII. [drawing] |
| 12315 | (none) | 1929,1017.671 | (none) | Stone Bowl. Limestone. Rim chipped. Type CXIV. [drawing] |
| 12680E | (none) | 1929,1017.672 | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Copper axe Type XXII. [B] (2) Copper reticule containing manicure tools on ring. Traces of matting on reticule. [C] (3) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Bird headed man and rampant animals. [D] (4) Beads - Worn round forehead? 2 carnelian bugles - 1 lapis lentoid. [E] (5) Stone bowl. White limestone. [Type] XXV. [drawing] |
| 11498 | (none) | 1929,1017.674 | (none) | Stone Bowl. White limestone. Type XXIII. [drawing] |
| 12704E | (none) | 1929,1017.676 | (none) | Group: [A] (1) Stone vase. White calcite. Type same as U.12277 [Type] LII. [B] (2) Stone vase. White calcite. Spill type. [drawing 1:5] [C] (3) Stone bowl grey steatite. Broken but complete [Type] LXXXVI. [D] (4) Stone bowl. White calcite. [Type] LIII. [drawing 2:5] [E] (5) Three silver finger rings: corroded together - only one intact - consisting of 3 1/2 coils of fine wire. [F] (6) Remains of copper pin with fluted lapis ball head. Type V B. [G] (7) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. 2 registers. Above: spread eagles and rampant gazelles (?). Below: Gazelles. [H] (8) Cylinder seal. Lapis lazuli. Rampant lions crossed and gazelles. [I] (9) Beads. Lapis bugles and double conoids. Carnelian bugles and rings and some silver wire pendants much decayed. See field note. The silver spiral pendants had 4 circles of spiral coils made out of a single strip of wire thus [reference to drawing]. [drawing] [J] Also in the necklace a minute lapis lazuli frog amulet. [K] Round forehead thin gold ribbon. [drawing] [L] Large double conoid carnelian beads and a few bugles and one calcite bead shaped thus [reference to drawing], diamond shaped in section. |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.696 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.701 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.712 | (none) | (none) | |
| 13047 | (none) | 1929,1017.732 | (none) | Stone bowl. Steatite. Black. Decorated with incised concentric circles and zig zags. Not wanted. |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.739 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.744 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1929,1017.748 | (none) | (none) | |
| 15573 | (none) | 1930,1213.00 | (none) | Clay bowl. TO painted ware ( in fragments) Black on cream. Type CCCLXXVI. 21. [drawing] | |
| 15594 | (none) | 1930,1213.186 | (none) | Clay cup. TO painted ware (in fragments) Black paint on light drab. Type CCCXLV. Broken. [drawing] | |
| (none) | (none) | 1930,1213.187 | (none) | (none) | |
| 15374 | 31-17-312 | 1930,1213.188 | (none) | Clay cup. TO painted ware. Black bands on greenish drab clay. (restored from fragments) Type CCCXLV. aU23. | |
| 15543 | (none) | 1930,1213.191 | (none) | Clay cup. TO painted ware. Black on green. Type CCCXLV. 25. [drawing] |