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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 20090 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White Limestone [crossed out] White calcite. Type |
| 20090 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White Limestone [crossed out] White calcite. Type |
| (none) | (none) | 1928,1010.717 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1858,0101.4 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1858,0101.1 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1856,0903.1442 | (none) | (none) | |
| (none) | (none) | 1933,1013.59 | (none) | (none) |
| (none) | (none) | 1931,1010.320 | (none) | (none) |
| 10081I | (none) | 1928,1010.392c | (none) | Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted. | |
| 10081H | (none) | 1928,1010.392b | (none) | Copper Vessels. Bowls, cups and tumblers. A mass of perhaps 30, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted. | |
| 10081A | (none) | 1928,1010.392a | (none) | Copper Vessels Bowls, cups & tumblers A mass of perhaps thirty, all fixed together by corrosion. Many of the bowls are fluted | |
| 10052F | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver Bowl 4 Oval - one inside the other. The 3 inner examples are well preserved and have small lapis handles: the outer bowl is much decayed. TYPE__ |
| 10052E | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-D] Silver Bowl 4 Oval - one inside the other. The 3 inner examples are well preserved and have small lapis handles: the outer bowl is much decayed. TYPE__ |
| 270 | (none) | (none) | B14940, B14940 | Stone fragment of dish. Beginning of last two lines of a dedication. Joined to U.249. Placed in IN/No. 1 |
| 271 | (none) | (none) | B14941, B14941 | Fragment of stone dish. Dedication by a priest of Nannar, "thy son" |
| 262 | (none) | (none) | B14948, B14948 | Fragment of stone bowl. Dedication to a god by Mu-da-da... Son of Sarrum-... on behalf of Ishme-Dagan. Copied and transliterated. Placed in IN/No. 1. |
| 903 | (none) | (none) | B14973 | Alabaster bowl 3 fragments. In fine pink-veined alabaster. | |
| 655A | (none) | (none) | B14974 | Fragment of a bowl with fine white limestone, virtually marble; rather more than 1/2 preserved. Flat base. (below) RC.19L. [drawing] | |
| 977 | (none) | (none) | B14978 | Stone bowl. | |
| 820 | (none) | (none) | B14979 | Stone bowl of coarse whitish limestone, almost of marble. | |
| 814 | (none) | (none) | B14980 | Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Sides slightly curved, base flat. | |
| 817 | (none) | (none) | B14981 | Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Broken in half and some fragments missing. Sides practically straight, base flat. |
| 1005 | (none) | (none) | B14986 | Bowl. Egg-shell ware. Pale drab color, wheelmade. Broken but joins up. Type XCV =P.187 |
| 123 | (none) | (none) | B15280 | Bronze bowl. Upper part on one side broken, but virtually all frs. there and fitting together. Metal in good condition. Near the rim on the outside is a sun and moon pattern. [drawing] |
| 482 | (none) | (none) | B15290 | Bronze [crossed out] Silver bowl. Much corroded and one side broken.[drawing] |