Unknown Provenance, Vessel (PNK: PUAM 2002-370)

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Maya Artefact
Bemerkung: 1. Original metadata from the PUAM:Late Classic; Maya; Stone drinking cup, A.D. 763–820; Travertine; h. 16.3 cm., diam. 15.4 cm. (6 7/16 x 6 1/16 in.); Anonymous gift in honor of the Class of 2004; 2002-370; K3296; Gallery label "Portraits of two men in ceremonial dance costumes appear on this stone drinking cup. Each holds an oversized eyeball staff, with the optical nerve serving as the handle; both figures don animal masks, presented in cut-away fashion to reveal the men within. The accompanying hieroglyphs explicitly identify the figure with his torso depicted frontally as Yax Pasaj Chan Yopaat (First Dawn of the Sky Penis), the sixteenth king of the kingdom of Copan, in northern Honduras, who ruled from A.D. 763 to 820. The other, unidentified dancer may have been the original recipient of the commemorative vessel." (https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/40297) (accessed: 08.06.2019) 2. Original metadata from Justin Kerr: Kerr Number: 3296; Incised; Figure Count: 2; Height: 15.2 cm; Diameter: 15.2 cm; Circumference: 44 cm; MS Number: Owner: The Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, NJ PUMA# 2002-370; School: Publications: The Maya Vase Book, Vol.3, p.403; Copán; Comments: Travertine vase, two portraits of Yax Pax of Copan; Iconographic Elements: Birds, Emblem glyph, Inscription - other text, Peccary, Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate, Tlaloc - war symbol, Xray, cutaway costumes and masks

Object Details

• Location: Maya Image Archive: Projekt "Textdatenbank und Wörterbuch des Klassischen Maya"; Universität Bonn - Abteilung für Altamerikanistik
• Inventory number: PUAM 2002-370
• Other number(s): Kerr 3296; K3296 (Catalog number)
• Material/Technique: travertine; carved

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Archäologie ; Maya Kultur

Contributors, Places and Time

• Culture: Maya

Further information

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