050

Cylinder with nearly vertical sides, a rim thickened on the exterior, and a slightly squared lip. A significant feature is the fluting decoration inscribed onto the sides. A circumferential line demarcates the extent of the flutes at 4.7 cm from the rim, and a second one parallels it down near the base. The flutes are irregular, varying in width from 0.7-1.2 cm. The decoration is reminiscent of that on a cylinder reported by Adams from the Plancha Complex at Altar de Sacrificios (Adams 1971, fig.14g). The K'axob vessel has a light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) paste of a fine to medium texture and possible carbonate and iron inclusions. The exterior and interior are slipped in red (10R 5/8). Fire clouding occurs on the exterior near the rim and is variably white (5Y 8/1), dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), and very dark gray (10YR 3/1). The slip is crackled on most of the vessel, presumably because of the accumulation of carbonates. The base of the cylinder is slipped in the same color and measures 14.1 cm in diameter. The vessel was placed upright next to a seated, old adult female.