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Object Number
92-49-20/C992
Display Title
Pottery discs
Descriptions
Inventory Description
Ceramic discs and disc fragments, shaped to create circular form, some with painted polychrome geometric and/or linear designs, some with monochrome pigment, assorted sizes, some with rounded shape, others mostly flat, two with distinctive linear striations on surface, some burnished, one formed from rim sherd, worn
Classification
- Disk
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Maya
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Honduras
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Copan
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Copan
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Copan
Intrasite
General Diggings, Mound 36.
Materials
Ceramic , Pigment
Dimensions
Overall (Measurement of largest): 1.5 × 13.4 × 14.1 cm (9/16 × 5 1/4 × 5 9/16 in.)
Quantity
23
Label on object
C992
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