MSJ2A-3-17-1

Vessel: outcurved dish/bowl; pink slip so possible Ik style; example of local style called Paired Symbols Style; one of the two alternating symbols is a set of dress shirt motifs, representing bird feathers. Maya Motul de San Jose collection of whole and partial polychrome vessels of Late Classic period.

MSJ2A-3-17-1/motul:146 || Outcurved dish/bowl. Paired Symbols Style. Pink slip.

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CATALOG: 423
INAA: MSJ141
ANALYSIS NUMBER: —

PERIOD: Late Classic
MATERIAL/DETAIL: polychrome,Outcurved dish/bowl. Paired Symbols Style. Pink slip.
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: 17
SUBOPS: A LOT: 1
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 17.0273314154,-89.8990216669

AUTHOR: Foias, Antonia E.
SLIDE: MSJ_ArtifactSlide_146 (#2055)
COPYRIGHT: Copyright is currently retained by Antonia Foias, Williams College.
REPOSITORY: Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College