MSJ2A-5-6-17

Potsherd: base of tripod plate; interior base renders a bench/throne with two supports with a lord seated on it and a bowl next to him; only lower body of lord is preserved; his left leg hangs down from bench; scene on orange background. Maya Motul de San Jose collection of whole and partial polychrome vessels of late classic period.

MSJ2A-5-6-17/motul:272 || Tripod plate; human seated on throne.

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CATALOG: 11525
INAA: MSJ117
ANALYSIS NUMBER: —

PERIOD: Late Classic
MATERIAL/DETAIL: polychrome,Tripod plate; human seated on throne.
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: 6
SUBOPS: A LOT: 17
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 17.0273314154,-89.8990216669

AUTHOR: Foias, Antonia E.
SLIDE: MSJ_ArtifactSlide_272 (#2153)
COPYRIGHT: Copyright is currently retained by Antonia Foias, Williams College.
REPOSITORY: Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College