This collection item does not have a name in the language of origin. If you know the name or have comments, use this form to contact the data-providing institution.

Stone vessel with hieroglyphs

Alabaster vessel with 8 incised hieroglyphic cartouches. Four-footed vessel. This vessel is probably one of the earliest vessels decorated with a hieroglyphic inscription (primary standard sequence).

This content was machine-translated
Data Provider
Ethnologisches Museum Show original at data provider

Cataloguing data

Cultural attribution
Maya
Object type
Stone vessel
Dimensions
Weight: 0,5 kg
Height: 7,5 cm
Depth: 10,6 cm
Width: 11 cm
Material/Technique
Alabaster
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 44342

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    Early classical period
    where
    Mexico
    Campeche
    Isla de Piedra
    who
    Maya
  • Collecting
    who
    Stolper Galleries (Robert L. Stolper) - Former Possessors
  • Change of legal title:
    Acquisition
    Description
    Purchase 1961
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

Information about the record

Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
This content was machine-translated
Version: 2.6 / 7.5