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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 976 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. Drab clay, wheelmade, broken. Type IC. |
| 996A | (none) | 1923,1110.51, 1923,1110.52, 1923,1110.53 | (none) | Stone bowl. grey steatite. Broken. Hemispherical with projecting spout square in section and pierced by a hole below the rim. Rim decorated with diagonal stripes, round sides, below rim, a band of compass-drawn incised circles. |
| 996B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone Bowl. Grey Steatite Broken. Hemispherical with Projecting spout square in section and pierced by a hole below the rim. Rime decorated with diagnonal stripes: Round sides, belwo rim, a band of compass-drawn incised circles. |
| 1002A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Fragments of clay bowls. With rounded panels stamped with palm decorations. Greenish-drab clay, wheelmade. |
| 1037 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay Bowl. wheelmade. With inverted sides and flat base. Greenish clay, |
| 1129 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Light brown clay. Wheelmade: somwhat unsymmetrical. Type XXVI. |
| 1183 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl. grey stone. Small (broken). [drawing 2:5] |
| 1264 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragment from edge of a bowl in a black porous stone, with remains of an archaic inscription under lip. |
| 1471 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl of mortar. Greenish-brown veined stone. |
| 1484 | (none) | 1924,0920.139 | (none) | Miniature pot. Drab clay; handmade. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 1491 | (none) | 1924,0920.142 | (none) | Miniature bowl. Red clay; wheelmade(?) chipped at rim. Like U.1485, U.1486. | |
| 1496 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Saucer. Drab clay; handmade. Rough. ?Larsa [drawing 1:1] |
| 1672 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl. Greenish clay; wheelmade, small; with base ring. B. Type CXIII. =RC.29 (not p) |
| 1675 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Bowl or Saucer. Buff clay; wheelmade. B. Type CXVI. =RC.25 (not p) |
| 1682 | (none) | 1924,0920.327 | (none) | Saucer. Drab clay; roughly wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30 | |
| 1683 | (none) | 1924,0920.328 | (none) | Saucer. Greenish clay; wheelmade. B. Type XCVII. =P.30 | |
| 1684 | (none) | 1924,0920.325 | (none) | Cup. Buff clay; wheelmade. B. Type XXXIV. =RC.26, =L, =P.43a | |
| 1687 | (none) | 1924,0920.349 | (none) | Cup. Drab clay; wheelmade. B. Type IX (shallower) =RC.4b. =L (not p) | |
| 1736 | (none) | 1924,0920.141 | (none) | Bowl. Greenish white clay. Same type as U.1735 but rim much chipped. Same size. | |
| 1739 | (none) | 1924,0920.135 | (none) | Miniature vase. Light drab clay. Handmade. Cf. RC.83c [drawing] |
| 2539 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Pinkish drab ware. Type CXXI =RC.3 =P.29 =L.11a |
| 2575 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Glass bowl. Fragmentary, blue glass, translucent, design of dots and lines. [drawing 1:1] |
| 2620 | 29-174-26 | (none) | (none) | Glazed bowl. Reconstructed: with lotus design in relief outside: inside traces of flower design in color. =new type 2 (p) [drawing 1:2] | |
| 2621 | 29-174-27 | (none) | (none) | Glazed bowl. Reconstructed: drab clay, on low base: straight-sided. [drawing 1:2] | |
| 2677 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Ivory pyxis. Fragmentary: Egyptian, presumably of earlier date than level where found. Carved in relief with figures of dancing-girls. Fitted with hatched lid on a pin (?). Copper wire (rivets?) let in to sides and twisted outside. |