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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1662 | (none) | (none) | B17456 | Copper bowl. Fragments. | |
 | 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) | |
| 1688 | (none) | (none) | B15788 | Cup or saucer. Red clay; wheelmade. B. Type IX (shallower) (not p) | |
| 1702 | (none) | (none) | B15812 | Bowl. Fine drab clay; wheelmade; with raised decoration imitating metal form; (in fragments) |
| 1735 | (none) | (none) | B15768 | Bowl. Light red clay with creamy slip. P. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 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] |
| 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. |
| 2738 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer. Drab ware : wheel made and very thick. Type CXX. With U.2739 (Ishme Dagan?) |
| 2739 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay saucer. Drab ware : wheel made very thick. Type CXLI. With U.2738 (Ishme Dagan?) |
| 2740 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Alabaster bowl fragment. From shallow bowl, scalloped on outside. |
| 2797A | (none) | (none) | (none) | [A-C] Clay pot. Yellowish drab ware with rounded base. A and B straighter-sided than type. Type XI. =RC.81 (not p) |
| 2847A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery bowl. (A) Rich buff-colored ware, plain design. Type CLIX, =P.21 (B) Larger buff and brown, greenish inside. Type CLIX, =P.21 (C) Smaller: greenish buff. Type CLIX, =P.21 |
| 2847B | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery bowl. (A) Rich buff-colored ware, plain design. Type CLIX, =P.21 (B) Larger buff and brown, greenish inside. Type CLIX, =P.21 (C) Smaller: greenish buff. Type CLIX, =P.21 |
| 2847C | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery bowl. (A) Rich buff-colored ware, plain design. Type CLIX, =P.21 (B) Larger buff and brown, greenish inside. Type CLIX, =P.21 (C) Smaller: greenish buff. Type CLIX, =P.21 |
| 2899 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Miniature of the drab ware : somewhat irregular. Type CLXVII, =P.54 |
| 2932 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Small pottery bowl. Pinkish drab ware. Type CLXXXIV. (not p) |
| 3043 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper spoon bowl. Sketch roughly 1:1. [drawing 1:1] |