MSJ2A-5-6-14

Vessel: vase; fragment of base and wall; red background polychrome; main design is a deity, probably Teotihuacan War/Fire Serpent, but motif is incomplete. Maya Motul de San Jose collection of whole and partial polychrome vessels of Late Classic period.

MSJ2A-5-6-14/motul:232 || Vase. Red Background Polychrome. God head.

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CATALOG: 10377
INAA: MSJ111
ANALYSIS NUMBER: —

PERIOD: Late Classic
MATERIAL/DETAIL: Zacatal Cream Polychrome,Vase. Red Background Polychrome. God head.
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: 14
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 17.0275063963,-89.8971549245

AUTHOR: Foias, Antonia E.
SLIDE: MSJ_ArtifactSlide_232 (#2129)
COPYRIGHT: Copyright is currently retained by Antonia Foias, Williams College.
REPOSITORY: Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College