Accession No
1937.392 B
Description
Red slipped rim sherd from a bowl or dish. Rounded, internally bevelled rim; everted carinated body walls. Interior surface with two horizontal incised or grooved lines, on at and one below carination. Exterior surface with one incised or grooved line right below carination. Buff fabric; polished red slip on the interior; red slip on the exterior above carination. Tempered with calcite. Reconstructed from three sherds.
Place
Americas; Central America; Belize; Orange Walk District; San José
Period
Terminal Classic Maya San Jose Period IV
Source
Thompson, John Eric Sydney (Dr, Sir) [excavator and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1937.392 B; S4 [Excavation no.]
Cultural Affliation
Material
Ceramic; Pottery
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: 'Re[illegible]d' and '77[illegible]'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Display)
Handwritten old display label in black ink found with objects (1037.392-1937.396) reads: 'Period IV'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'S4'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in pencil: 'Re[illegible]d' and '77[illegible]'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (Display)
Handwritten old display label in black ink found with objects (1037.392-1937.396) reads: 'Period IV'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Labels & Markings)
Marked in black ink: 'S4'.
Event Date
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1937.392 A-E: 'Three rims and two ring base fragments of typical bowl with basal offset. Red ware. Tempered with calcite.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Description (Physical description)
Description for 1937.392 A-E: 'Three rims and two ring base fragments of typical bowl with basal offset. Red ware. Tempered with calcite.'
Event Date
Author: maa
Context (Field collection)
Under Floor 1, Room A, B4 at west end of room and under doorway to Room G. Excavated by John Eric Sydney Thompson in 1931, 1934 and 1936; it is not currently known in which field season this was excavated.
Event Date 1931
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (References)
Thompson, J.E.S. (1939). Excavations at San Jose, British Honduras. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Event Date 1939
Author: Danlei Zhou
Context (References)
Thompson, J.E.S. (1939). Excavations at San Jose, British Honduras. Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington.
Event Date 1939
Author: Danlei Zhou
Description (Physical description)
Red slipped rim sherd from a bowl or dish. Rounded, internally bevelled rim; everted carinated body walls. Interior surface with two horizontal incised or grooved lines, on at and one below carination. Exterior surface with one incised or grooved line right below carination. Buff fabric; polished red slip on the interior; red slip on the exterior above carination. Tempered with calcite. Reconstructed from three sherds.
Event Date 5/7/2024
Author: Danlei Zhou
FM:315731
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