MSJ2A-5-6-16

Potsherd: tripod plate with ridge; possible Chinos Black on cream and Codex Style, but note yellow hinge to cream background and orange at top left; waterlily floral design, possibly associated with watery places or underworld. Maya Motul de San Jose collection of whole and partial polychrome vessels of late classic period.

MSJ2A-5-6-16/motul:259 || Tripod plate. Possible Codex Style.

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CATALOG: 10439
INAA: MSJ052
ANALYSIS NUMBER: 1

PERIOD: Late Classic
MATERIAL/DETAIL: polychrome,Tripod plate. Possible Codex 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: 6
SUBOPS: A LOT: 16
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 17.0273314154,-89.8990216669

AUTHOR: Foias, Antonia E.
SLIDE: MSJ_ArtifactSlide_259 (#2146)
COPYRIGHT: Copyright is currently retained by Antonia Foias, Williams College.
REPOSITORY: Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College