096

Pottery Vessel
Record details
Operation
8
Zone(s)
5
Deposit type
Burial
Vessel Number

096

Specific context
Burial 8-3a
Burial 8-3b
Ceramic complex
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Ceramic complex (non-stratigraphic)
Terminal K'atabche'k'ax
Type
Aguacate Orange
Variety
Aguacate
Form
bowl
Secondary characteristics
mammiform tetrapod
Kill hole?
No
Cross motif?
No
Percentage of vessel
75% - 94%
Number of sherds
46
Rim diameter (cm)
44.0
Height (cm)
13.5
Weight (g)
3052.7
Comments

The bowl has four mammiform feet and a rounded base. The feet are 7 cm in height with 3-cm diagonal slots. Wall thickness varies between 0.6 and 1.2 cm. The vessel was ritually broken at deposition and, when uncovered, contained fragments of human bone.

0078

0078

Comments

Ceramic Type Collection: View of Aguacate Orange: Aguacate Variety

Other media
5206

5206

Comments

Rim profile of Vessel 096, an Aguacate Orange: Aguacate Variety bowl with mammiform feet.

5051

5051

Comments

Burial 8-3 in zone 5 contains young adult male 8-3a and middle adult male 8-3b. The two share grave goods, including a jade bead, and fragmentary vessels 096, 097, and 098.