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bowl

vr.tr.bowl · PHY.OBJ

Let an agent explain bowls, relay types, materials, history and cultural uses from design, archaeology and food safety sources, describe the named bowls and flag related or unverified aliases, and distinguish bowls from plates, cups, basins and the sport of bowls.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent explain bowls, relay types, materials, history and cultural uses from design, archaeology and food safety sources, describe the named bowls and flag related or unverified aliases, and distinguish bowls from plates, cups, basins and the sport of bowls.

A round, open-topped container, usually deeper than a plate, used for preparing, serving and eating food and for other purposes, made of ceramic, glass, metal, wood or plastic, with forms the registry aliases name such as mixing bowls, punch bowls for serving drinks, the Latin American paila, a wide shallow pan or bowl, and historical bleeding bowls used by barber-surgeons for bloodletting; the alias wine cooler names a vessel for chilling bottles, related but distinct, and bowl dripping could not be verified. Bowls appear in archaeology as key pottery forms, and food-contact materials are regulated for safety.

What it is for: Holding, mixing and serving food and liquids.

It can be explain types and materials; relay history; describe named bowls; relay food-contact safety.

Distinguishing features

Round open form

Depth for liquids

Many materials

Universal use

What it looks like

Round open vessels of various sizes and depths.

Physical character

oldest pottery vessels: about 20,000 years ago note - Xianrendong, China, as reported

EU food contact regulation: 1935/2004 regulation

bleeding bowls: 17th-18th centuries note - pewter and silver

How it is recognised

Round open container

Paila, bowl dripping, punch bowl, bleeding bowl, mixing bowl, wine cooler

Plates are flat; cups have handles or are for drinking; basins are larger washing vessels; bowls the sport is lawn bowling

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms, and container

tableware

includes -

punch bowl

is contrasted with -

plate (dishware)

is contrasted with - related alias

wine cooler

In practice

Families and kinds

serving and eating bowls

mixing and preparation bowls

punch and ceremonial bowls

historical medical bowls

regional forms such as paila

Standards and regulation

Food contact materials regulations

Lead and cadmium limits for ceramics

Failure modes and hazards

Lead leaching from some glazes

Microwaving unsuitable materials

Unverified alias

Also called

pailabowl drippingpunch bowlbleeding bowlmixing bowlwine coolerspouted bowlsquare ceramic bowl with handle for embers or fruitbaptismal bowlincantation bowlEppo-eepancheonlibation bowloffering bowlcosmetic bowlmarriage bowlbiconical bowlcarinated bowlconcave-sided bowlflared bowlstool panhemispherical bowlrounded bowlstraight-sided bowlpedestal bowllobed bowldivided bowlmultiple bowlhandled bowlcoba bowlwandecorative bowlLekanidesceramic bowlSports venue cauldronLaʼliParalympic cauldronskashkulfinger bowlLekanide

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.bowl-artifact

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a bowl is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a bowl, and how does it differ from plates, cups, basins and the sport of bowls? definition
  2. Is the question about cooking, food safety, antiques or archaeology? boundary

Named bowls

Named bowls.

Named bowls

Named bowls.

  1. What are paila, punch, bleeding and mixing bowls, and what are wine coolers and bowl dripping? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific bowl? action
Materials Materials and safety.

Regulation.

Materials

Materials.

Materials

Materials.

  1. How do ceramic, glass, metal, wood and plastic bowls differ in use? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Lead glazes

Glaze safety.

Lead glazes

Lead glazes.

  1. Why do regulators limit lead and cadmium in ceramic tableware? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
History History.

Sources.

Archaeology

Early vessels.

Archaeology

Archaeology.

  1. What do early pottery bowls reveal about ancient diets? provenance
  2. Which entry fits pottery? action

Bleeding bowls

Bloodletting history.

Bleeding bowls

Bleeding bowls.

  1. How were bleeding bowls used in historical bloodletting? provenance
  2. Which entry fits bloodletting? action
Context Culture.

Context.

Punch

Punch bowls.

Punch

Punch.

  1. How did punch bowls feature in 18th-century social life? provenance
  2. Which entry fits punch (drink)? action

Rituals

Ritual bowls.

Rituals

Rituals.

  1. How are bowls used in rituals such as Buddhist alms bowls and singing bowls? provenance
  2. Is the information accurate? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • The registry alias bowl dripping could not be verified and should be reviewed
  • Should bleeding bowl be moved to medical history entries?
  • Should wine cooler be moved to its own entry?
Draft as JSON