MSJ2A-5-7-4

Vessel: outcurved dish/bowl; 1 sherd comes from MSJ2A-5-7-3; example of local style called Paired Symbols Style; exterior is decorated with alternative symbols in rectangular panels; here, one symbol is a human head in profile, facing right, with red volutes emanating from him; the second symbol on the left of the human head is less visible, and may be a deity head with gray slip that may be eroded green-blue; interior only has red band at rim. Maya Motul de San Jose collection of whole and partial polychrome vessels of Late Classic period.

MSJ2A-5-7-4/motul:88 || Outcurved dish/bowl. Paired Symbols Style.

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CATALOG: 10561
INAA: MSJ174
ANALYSIS NUMBER: —

PERIOD: Late Classic
MATERIAL/DETAIL: polychrome,Outcurved dish/bowl. Paired Symbols 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: 7
SUBOPS: A LOT: 4
GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES: 17.0273314154,-89.8990216669

AUTHOR: Foias, Antonia E.
SLIDE: MSJ_ArtifactSlide_88 (#2004)
COPYRIGHT: Copyright is currently retained by Antonia Foias, Williams College.
REPOSITORY: Anthropology and Sociology, Williams College