MSJ2A-5-7-4

Potsherd: 2 sherds from same vessel (one comes from MSJ2A-5-7-3); outcurved dish/bowl; example of Paired Symbols Style; one motif is cross symbol, while the other is less visible, and may be a step fret or square spiral; interior has only red band at rim. design Maya Motul de San Jose collection of whole and partial polychrome vessels of Late Classic period.

MSJ2A-5-7-4/motul:135 || Outcurved dish/bowl. Paired Symbols Style.

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CATALOG: 10606
INAA: MSJ069
ANALYSIS NUMBER: —

PERIOD: Late Classic
MATERIAL/DETAIL: Zacatal Cream Polychrome,Outcurved dish/bowl. 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: 4
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 17.0273314154,-89.8990216669

AUTHOR: Foias, Antonia E.
SLIDE: MSJ_ArtifactSlide_135 (#2046)
COPYRIGHT: Copyright is currently retained by Antonia Foias, Williams College.
REPOSITORY: Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College