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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 8238 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type __ |
| 8237 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type _. |
| 8225 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone with nicked edge. Type XXV. |
| 8220 | (none) | 1928,1009.518 | (none) | Stone bowl. Whtie limestone. Type XIX. |
| 822 | (none) | 1923,1110.61 | (none) | Stone bowl of coarse grey limestone, chip out of rim. |
| 8219 | (none) | (none) | B17045 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type LX. photo___ | |
| 8218 | (none) | 1928,1009.516 | (none) | Stone bowl of translucent whtie calcite? or quartzite found broken and mended. Type LXVII. |
| 8216 | (none) | 1928,1009.507 | (none) | Stone bowl of strongly veined calcite. Type LXXI. |
| 821 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl of rose-pink mottled stone (marble?) |
| 8207 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Broken. Type XII. |
| 8206 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Broken. Type LX. |
| 8204 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone. Hemispherical with nicked edge. Type XII. |
| 820 | (none) | (none) | B14979 | Stone bowl of coarse whitish limestone, almost of marble. | |
| 8197 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Type 73 (new) [Struck through: LXXVIII] |
| 8196 | (none) | (none) | B17158 | Stone bowl. White limestone. Type LX | |
| 8190 | (none) | (none) | B17036 | Stone bowl. [drawing] Type XII, but with rounded base. Photo 841 | |
| 819 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Fragment of: of Light blue-grey mottled stone, loose grained. |
| 8185 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Silver object. So distorted that shape is unrecognizable: possibly a bowl. Found on the shoulder of the dead person, sticking to the fragments of skull bone. |
| 818 | (none) | 1923,1110.62 | (none) | Stone bowl of grey fine-grained slatey stone. Broken, but virtually complete. Sides straight, 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. |
| 8163 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. White limestone, good quality. Found in fragments. Type __ |
| 8161 | (none) | (none) | B17454 | Copper bowl. Almost hemispherical, with flat ring base: distorted & one side broken. | |
| 816 | (none) | 1923,1110.66 | (none) | Stone bowl. of greenish loose-grained stone like lava. Almost straight sides, flat base. Broken but complete. |
| 8157 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Hemispherical. [Type] III. |
| 8156 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. Limestone, entirely blackened by fire. Type XXVI. |