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'{{About|the food vessel|other uses|Bowl (disambiguation)}} [[Image:Simple-ceramic-bowl.jpg|thumb|right|Simple [[ceramic]] bowl with blue glazed trim]] [[File:Muharram in cities and villages of Iran-342 16 (115).jpg|thumbnail|300px|[[Abgoosht]] in bowls in [[Mourning of Muharram]] as religious vow.]] [[File:Chaco Anasazi bowl, NPS.jpg|thumb|Painted [[pottery]] bowl, c. 10th century AD, from [[Chaco Canyon]], USA]] A '''bowl''' is a round, open-top container used in many cultures to serve hot and cold [[food]]. Bowls are also used for [[drinking]], as in the case of [[caffè latte]]. Bowls used for storing non-food items range from small bowls used for holding [[tip (gratuity)|tip]]s at a [[Coffeehouse|coffee shop]] to large bowls used for storing [[DVD]]s or [[CD]]s. Bowls are typically small and shallow, as in the case of bowls used for single servings of soup or cereal. Some bowls, such as [[Punch (drink)|punch]] bowls, serving bowls, fruit bowls and [[salad]] bowls are larger and often intended to serve many people. The British/American standard soup bowl has a mouth, the opening not including the extent of its lip, with a diameter of 18.5 centimetres, and should be able to adequately accommodate at least 24 ounces of liquid. Modern bowls can be made of [[ceramic]], [[metal]], [[wood]], [[plastic]], and other materials. Their appearance can range from very simple designs of a single color to designs sophisticated [[art]]work. Bowls have existed for thousands of years. Very early bowls have been found in [[China]], [[Ancient Greece]], [[Crete]] and in certain [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|Native American]] cultures.<!--To do: earliest known bowls? Needs sourcing here--> In [[Classical antiquity|classical]] Greece, small bowls, including [[phiale (libation vessel)|phiale]]s and [[patera]]s, and bowl-shaped cups called [[kylix (drinking cup)|kylices]] were used. ''History of Ancient Pottery'' describes how phiales were used for [[libation]]s and included a small dent in the center for the bowl to be held with a finger, although one source indicates that these were used to hold [[perfume]] rather than [[wine]]. Some [[Mediterranean]] examples from the [[Bronze Age]] manifest elaborate decoration and sophistication of design. For example, the [[bridge spouted vessel]] design appeared in [[Minoan civilization|Minoan]] at [[Phaistos]].<ref>Hogan (2007)</ref> In the 4th century BCE, evidence exists that the [[Uruk culture]] of ancient [[Mesopotamia]] mass-produced [[beveled rim bowl]]s of standardized sizes. Moreover, in [[China|Chinese]] pottery, there are many elaborately painted bowls and other vessels dating to the [[Neolithic]] period. {{As of|2009}}, the oldest found is 18,000 years old.<ref>The World: Science Podcast. #17: U.S. "Science Envoys", Nobel winners strategize on global warming, and ten million years of laughter. Public Radio International, June 5, 2009.</ref> In examining bowls found during an [[archaeology|archaeological]] dig in [[North America]], the [[anthropology|anthropologist]] Vincas Steponaitis defines a bowl by its dimensions, writing that a bowl's [[diameter]] rarely falls under half its height and that historic bowls can be classified by their edge, or lip, and shape. A bowl is also a standard unit of measure, as defined by the American Institute of Measurements (AIM). One bowl is the equivalent of 3.75 cups or 887.2059 ml. '''SOUP BOWL'''''Italic text'' As opposed to a regular bowl, a soup bowl shallower and wider. They are hard to obtain, but one resides in the depth of 33 Thompson's Lane. (See also- Soup Spoon) ==Gallery== <gallery widths="190"> File:Glasschale, Villa Boscoreale.jpg|Transparent [[glass]] bowl of fruit. Wall painting in the [[Ancient Rome|Roman]] [[Villa Boscoreale]], [[Italy]] (1st century AD) File:DD-Famverte-Tasse.JPG|[[Qing]] era Chinese porcelain bowl File:MaryRose-wooden bowls6.JPG|A set of wooden bowls found on board the 16th century ship ''[[Mary Rose]]'' File:Bát chiết yêu (A Vietnamese type of bowl).JPG|Slender-waisted bowl (a Vietnamese type of bowl) </gallery> ==See also== * [[Bridge spouted vessel]] * [[Buffet]] * [[Dishware]] * [[List of eating utensils]] ==Notes== {{Reflist}} ==References== * C. Michael Hogan [http://themodernantiquarian.com/site/10857/phaistos.html#fieldnotes ''Phaistos fieldnotes'', The Modern Antiquarian, 2007] * Vincas P. Steponaitis. 1983. ''Ceramics, Chronology, and Community Patterns: An Archaeological Study at Moundville'', pp 68&ndash;69. New York: Academic Press. ISBN 0-12-666280-0. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20041211080106/http://rla.unc.edu:80/personal/vps/cccpm.html Table of contents available online]) * H. B. Walters. 1905. ''History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman'', pp 140,191&ndash;192. New York: [[Charles Scribner's Sons]]. ==External links== *[http://www.archaeology.org/online/features/phiale/ The Phiale of Achyris] - On the website of the [[Archeological Institute of America]]. The Phiale is dated from 300 BC and is made of gold, includes pictures. *[http://www.cmog.org/ Corning Museum of Glass] <!-- [[es:Tazón]] ///// If it is here, we cannot see the one from wikidata. So, I'm hiding it, Or you may delete, this line. --> [[Category:Containers]] [[Category:Kitchenware]] [[Category:Crockery]] [[Category:Glass containers]]'