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Cross Motif Vessel
Record details
Operation
1
Zone(s)
115
Subzone(s)
a
Specific context
Burial 1-29
Ceramic complex
Early K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Sierra Red
Variety
Sierra
Form
dish
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
Yes
Percentage of vessel
1
Number of sherds
1
Weight (g)
544.10
Height (cm)
4.20
Comments

This Sierra Red dish is slipped on the exterior and interior. The red (10R 4/8) slip is partially eroded. A streaky cross was painted on the exterior of the base. Walls are outcurved and rim is everted with a rounded lip. Base is slightly incurved and is 12 cm in diameter. The dish was found near the right humerus of an adult male.

0353

0353

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety vessel with cross painted on exterior base.

Other photographs and illustrations
0351

0351

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety vessel with cross painted on exterior base.

0352

0352

Comments

Vessel: Sierra Red: Sierra Variety vessel with cross painted on exterior base.

5166

5166

Comments

Rim profile of Vessel 014, a Sierra Red: Sierra Variety dish

5026

5026

Comments

Extended adult males 1-25 (zones 99 and 115) and 1-29 (zone 115a) were placed in the same pit, though in different interment episodes. They are accompanied by vessels 013 and 014, which display the earliest recovered examples of the cross motif.

5108

5108

Comments

Planview map of Op 1, Construction Phase 6b.