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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 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 |
| 6764 | (none) | 1927,0527.250 | (none) | Bowl terracotta. Fragment. Decorated in form of lion's mane? | |
| 6805 | 31-16-169 | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Type XC in album ? Persian, =P.37 | |
| 6809 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Unknown |
| 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 |
| 6839 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone cover. Black With carinated ridge and decoration of concentric circles. [drawing 1:2] |
| 6861 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Miniature. Misshapen. [drawing 1:2] |
| 6880 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Stone. Black? Fragment. Type XLVI. =RC.36. III pl.XCIX Type 5. |
| 6887 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Stone. Green loose-grained stone. Basic diorite? Type ?RC.36. RC.196. ?draw. Perhaps like this [reference to drawing] [illegible] slightly flattened base. B. [drawing] |
| 6893B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Stone. Black. Burnt. Broken and fragmentary. Type. Ur. |
| 6900 | (none) | 1935,0113.744 | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Rim inscribed. Fragmentary. Inscription apparently complete. [drawing] | |
| 6931 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Miniature bowl. Steatite. Blue-grey. Ur. |
| 6933 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl alabaster. Greenish grey. Broken and fragmentary. Type. Omit. |
| 6949 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Glazed. Blue. Two handles on shoulder of the lid. Type. |
| 6993 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Bronze. Broken. |
| 7024 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Lip missing. Type CCLXV. In album. |
| 7033 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Dark drab. Type CXCIV. =P.35a. |
| 7035 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Dark drab. Type XLIII. =P.23a. Neo-Babylonian. |
| 7041 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Dark drab. Type CCLXIX. Larsa? |