Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Inscribed Bowl

Maker Maya culture (Mexico, Yucatan Peninsula)

Date600-700

Made/manufacturedYucatan, North and Central America

MediumCeramic with black slip

Dimensions4 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in. (11.4 x 12.1 x 12.1 cm)

ClassificationsFurnishings and Equipment

Credit LineGift of Lawrence J. Cassard, M.D.

Object numberC-82-79

Collections

ANCIENT AMERICAN

DescriptionTall bowl with flat bottom, rounded lower wall formed into nine lobes, rising into straight, vertical wall; upper frieze of four inscribed face glyphs separated by vertical lines, three wide inscribed bands below, vertical inscribed lines between each lobe.