Plate with hieroglyphic text
Artist
Unknown Artist
CultureMaya
OriginCentral Peten, possibly Uaxactun, Guatemala
PeriodLate Classic Period (600-850 CE)
Date550-650
MediumEarthenware, orange slip, red pigment, black pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 5.6 x 40.6 cm (2 3/16 x 16 in.)
DescriptionMaya painted dish, Late Classic period, the tondo with the profile head of God K (?) wearing elaborate flowing and plumed headdress, and surrounded by a band of glyphs on the rim. Painted in deep orange and black on a pale orange ground. Translated
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.120
Classifications
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
MesoamericaStatus
On view
