MSJ2A-5-6-16

Potsherd: outcurved dish/bowl; exterior has possible glyphs at rim and other possible animal or figural design using strong red and orange slip on bright cream background. Maya Motul de San Jose collection of whole and partial polychrome vessels of Late Classic period.

MSJ2A-5-6-16/motul:346 || Exterior. Outcurved dish/bowl. Possible glyphs.

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CATALOG: 10432
INAA: —
ANALYSIS NUMBER: a

PERIOD: Late Classic
MATERIAL/DETAIL: polychrome,Exterior. Outcurved dish/bowl. Possible glyphs.
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_346 (#2215a)
COPYRIGHT: Copyright is currently retained by Antonia Foias, Williams College.
REPOSITORY: Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College