MSJ2A-3-12-1

Potsherd: Chinos Black on cream; Codex Style; vase; vertical band of glyphs, including Emblem Glyph; decipherment by Alexandre Tokovinine, University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa indicates that the title is chi-ku-NAHB-AJAW-wa or Chi’k Nahb Ajaw, the alternative non-Kaanu’l emblem of Calakmul rulers. Chi’k Nahb is the ancient name for Calakmul. Maya Motul de San Jose collection of whole and partial polychrome vessels of Late Classic Period.

MSJ2A-3-12-1/motul:262 || Chinos Black on Cream. Codex Style. Vase.

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CATALOG: 427
INAA: MSJ031
ANALYSIS NUMBER: —

PERIOD: Late Classic
MATERIAL/DETAIL: polychrome,Chinos Black on Cream. Codex Style. Vase.
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: 3
OPS: 2 LEVEL: 12
SUBOPS: A LOT: 1
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 17.0273314154,-89.8990216669

AUTHOR: Foias, Antonia E.
SLIDE: MSJ_ArtifactSlide_262 (#2147c)
COPYRIGHT: Copyright is currently retained by Antonia Foias, Williams College.
REPOSITORY: Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College