MSJ2A-5-6-18

Vessel 25: exterior center; outflared dish/bowl; example of local style called Paired-Symbols Style, characterized by panels with alternative symbols on the exterior; here one panel renders a possible waterlily jaguar on red background; the second panel more visible here probably depicts a flower or kin/sun sign on red background. Maya Motul de San Jose collection of whole and partial polychrome vessels of Late Classic period.

MSJ2A-5-6-18/motul:223 || Gabeta 9. Dish/bowl. Paired Symbols Style.

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CATALOG: 10578
INAA: MSJ101
ANALYSIS NUMBER: —

PERIOD: Late Classic
MATERIAL/DETAIL: polychrome,Gabeta 9. Dish/bowl. Paired Symbols Style.
VESSEL ID: 25

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: 18
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 17.0273314154,-89.8990216669

AUTHOR: Foias, Antonia E.
SLIDE: MSJ_ArtifactSlide_223 (#2120)
COPYRIGHT: Copyright is currently retained by Antonia Foias, Williams College.
REPOSITORY: Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College