Beveled rim bowl

The porous vegetable tempered bowls are made of low fired clay and have relatively thick walls compared to other forms of pottery of the time, making them surprisingly robust.

Archeologists replicating beveled rim bowls have found it considerably difficult to achieve the straight sides and well defined base while only using their hands.

Most impose the use of a mobile mold that could be made of a variety of materials including wood, metal, stone or even another beveled rim bowl.

Bevelled rim bowls are widely thought to be used for measurement of grain rations (barley, spelt, or emmer wheat).

[14] In modern Syria they were found at Tell Humeida, Tell Sheikh Hassan, Hacınebi Tepe, Jebel Aruda, Habuba Kabira, Hamoukar, Tell Brak, Tell er-Ramadi,[15] and Tell Qraya near Terqa.

[16][17] In modern Iraq BRBs have been found at Uruk, Jemdet Nasr,[18] Eridu,[19] Gasur, Abu Salabikh, Shakhi Kora, [20] Tell al-Hawa, Tell Rubeidheh, Tell Uqair, Grai Resh, Kani Shaie, Girdi Qala and Logardan, and Nineveh.