MSJ2A-5-6-4

Potsherd: outcurved dish/bowl; possible Ik style vessel; exterior has two motifs painted in red specular hematite, one possibly floral and the other possibly serpent; interior has common decoration of a red band at rim followed by vertical red lines on an orange background. Maya Motul de San Jose collection of whole and partial polychrome vessels of Late Classic period.

MSJ2A-5-6-4/motul:187 || Outcurved dish/bowl. Interior.

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CATALOG: 10260
INAA: MSJ081
ANALYSIS NUMBER: —

PERIOD: Late Classic
MATERIAL/DETAIL: polychrome,Outcurved dish/bowl. Interior.
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: 4
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 17.0273314154,-89.8990216669

AUTHOR: Foias, Antonia E.
SLIDE: MSJ_ArtifactSlide_187 (#2090)
COPYRIGHT: Copyright is currently retained by Antonia Foias, Williams College.
REPOSITORY: Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College