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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 3123 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery saucer. Drab ware with splayed lip. Slightly broken. Type CXCIV, =P.35a |
| 3129 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery bowl. Small bowl of drab ware with rounded cheeks. Type CXCV. ? Wrong type see =L. (not p) |
| 3190 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Pottery bowl. Buffware, thin and shallow: reconstructed. Type CXCVI, =L.4, =P.26 |
| 3192A | (none) | (none) | (none) | Three bronze vessels. Bowl, flask and tumbler. ? [bowl] |
| 3271 | (none) | (none) | B16247 | Miniature bowl. Handmade, of drab ware and very rough. Sketch patter 1:1. Type as U.1984. [drawing 1:1] | |
| 3287 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Two elaborate bowl fragments. From round-cheeked bowl, with inturned lip. Fragments fit together. |
| 3291 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Stone bowl - Diorite. Fragment. Inscription of: (To the god?) Ri-m(u-us), king of Kish, when (he defeated Elam?) |
| 3292 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Fragments of bowl. White frit, originally glazed, with picture of gazelle (hind quarters only left) and flowers. |
| 3366 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Copper bowl. Finely made of thin metal in excellent condition: rounded base. |
| 6026 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Burial urn. Round base. Shouldered. Type CCXXVIII. =P9. |
| 6028 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Glazed. 2 small handles on rim. Round base. Type CXXII, nearest approximate. =RC.83 ?6094 |
| 6032 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Red. Bottom lost. Type- insufficient data. |
| 6038 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Bellied. Flat ring shaped base grooved below mouth. Drab. Type CCLXXIV. |
| 6039 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Light drab. Face decorated with thick black with shaped painted strips. Fragmentary. Part of rim missing. Not to scale [reference to drawing] Type 274 = 1L.35 [drawing] |
| 6046 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Earthenware bowl. Type CXXI |
| 6047 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Earthenware bowl. Type [CXXI and XLIV both crossed out] RC.42. Variant. |
| 6049 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Earthenware bowl. Type [CXXI. LV and XCV have been crossed out] 4.a (Nearest approximate) |
| 6050 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Broken earthenware bowl. Drab clay. Type CXCVI. |
| 6051 | (none) | (none) | B16239 | Flat earthenware bowl. Drab clay. Type CCIX. | |
| 6075 | (none) | 1927,0527.290 | (none) | Clay bowl. Black painted. Rounded base. Type CCX. Vol VII. | |
| 6076 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab. Hemispherical. Misshapen, |
| 6099 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Clay bowl. Drab. Glazed inside black mosaic pattern, plain glaze on outside. Type CCXVIII =P.36a. U.6100 is a bead necklace. |
| 6115 | (none) | (none) | B16571.151 | Red clay bowl. Ribbed. Misshapen. Type CXXI approximately =RC.3 variant | |
| 6117 | (none) | (none) | (none) | Flat clay bowl. Drab. Type variant. Not typed. |
| 6156 | (none) | (none) | B16211, B16211 | White alabaster bowl fragment. Incribed round belly. Part of ring base and belly alone remaining. Hole in in side close to ring base. Not required for Vols. IV, V, VI, VII. E. |