• Maya painted bowl, [between 700 and 899].

Collections:

• Mesoamerican Manuscripts
• Digitized Manuscripts
• Indigenous Cultures

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9939284663506421

Extent:

• 2 items.

Format:

• Visual material

Type:

• Texts

Subject:

• Maya pottery—Guatemala
• Picture-writing—Guatemala
• Maya language—Texts

Title sort:

• Maya painted bowl, [between 700 and 899].

Spatial:

• Mexico

Created:

• 0700-01-01T00:00:00Z/0899-12-31T23:59:59Z

Date:

• [between 700 and 899].

Identifier:

• ark:/88435/dc7d2794488

Edm rights:

• No Known Copyright

Abstract:

• Maya painted pottery was often funerary. These two bowls bear hieroglyphic texts and are thought to be from late classic Maya tombs. Made in Guatemala.

Source acquisition:

• Gift of Gillett G. Griffin, ca. 1970.