MSJ2A-5-6-16

Vessel: partial tripod plate; pink slip; large glyphs on interior wall, possible Primary Standard Sequence; on interior base, still visible waterlilies and net headgear of Underwater Monster, similar design to MSJ164/Cat.#53/Vessel 3/Photos motul_301, motul_300. Maya Motul de San Jose collection of whole and partial polychrome vessels of Late Classic period.

MSJ2A-5-6-16/motul:150 || Interior. Tripod plate. Underworld Monster. Waterlilies.

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CATALOG: 10435
INAA: MSJ082
ANALYSIS NUMBER: —

PERIOD: Late Classic
MATERIAL/DETAIL: polychrome,Interior. Tripod plate. Underworld Monster. Waterlilies.
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_150 (#2059)
COPYRIGHT: Copyright is currently retained by Antonia Foias, Williams College.
REPOSITORY: Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College