MSJ2A-5-7-2

Potsherd: outcurved dish/bowl; exterior decorated with panels with alternating symbols, possibly of the local style called Paired Symbols Style; one symbol may be floral or zoomorph, while the second symbol is a possible kin sign; the background of one panel is red. Maya Motul de San Jose collection of whole and partial polychrome vessels of Late Classic period.

MSJ2A-5-7-2/motul:123 || Outcurved dish/bowl. Possible Paired Symbols Style.

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CATALOG: 11596
INAA: MSJ126
ANALYSIS NUMBER: —

PERIOD: Late Classic
MATERIAL/DETAIL: Zacatal Cream Polychrome,Outcurved dish/bowl. Possible Paired Symbols Style.
VESSEL ID: —

SUBOPERATION DESCRIPTION: Object,MSJ2A: Large horizontal excavation of palace and of dense midden in Court #4 of Group C Acropolis. This is a sub-royal elite Str. 8L-9. The palace may have been the residence of the royal scribe who painted the Ik Style Polychromes. The midden in units 3,5,40,41,42 included tools and wasters from the pottery production process, as well as hundreds of potsherds and other remains from domestic activity, as well as textile, figurine, and jewelry manufacture.

SITE: MSJ UNIT: 5
OPS: 2 LEVEL: 7
SUBOPS: A LOT: 2
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 17.0273314154,-89.8990216669

AUTHOR: Foias, Antonia E.
SLIDE: MSJ_ArtifactSlide_123 (#2037a)
COPYRIGHT: Copyright is currently retained by Antonia Foias, Williams College.
REPOSITORY: Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College