{"type":"artobject","objectid":40908,"objectnumber":"2002-9","sortnumber":"2002    9","displaytitle":"Uk’ib (drinking cup)","department":"Art of the Ancient Americas","classification":"Ceramic","datebegin":620,"dateend":681,"datecomputed":650,"daterange":"A.D. 500-1000","displaydate":"620–81","medium":"Ceramic with polychrome slip-paint","dimensions":"h. 17.6 cm., diam. 17.9 cm. (6 15/16 x 7 1/16 in.)","dimensionsproposed":"","creditline":"Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund","markings":null,"inscribed":"Painted on cup: (A1) yu-k’i-b’i (A2) u-MAM? (A3) SAAK-CHA’? (A4) ? (A5) ha (A6) ja (A7) NAL (A8) K’AHK’-na-MAAN? (A9) tsu-ni (A10) K’AWIIL (A11) CHAN-na (A12) NAL (A13) u (A14) [CH’AB’]b’a (A15) CHAN-na (A16) SIJ-ya-ja (A17) CHAN-na (A18) K’AWIIL (A19) na-MAAN-ni?-AJAW (A20) K’UH (A21) cha (A22) TAHN y uk’ib’ u mam saak ? nal k’ahk’ na maan tsuun k’awiil chan nal u ch’ab’ chan sijyaj chan k’awiil na maan ajaw k’uhul chatahn [“the vessel of the Ancestor [?] Maize, Fire Vision ? K’awiil Snake Maize the penance snake of, K’awiil Was Born (in) The Sky, ? Maan Lord, Holy Chatahn (person)”] (from Lopes n.d.[2003:13])","signed":null,"catalograisonne":"K1670\r\nMS2103","creditlinerepro":"","restrictions":null,"nowebuse":"False","secondaryobjectnumber":null,"campuscollections":"false","on_view":true,"accessionyear":"2002-01-01","newaccession":0,"titles":[{"title":"Uk’ib (drinking cup)","titletype":"Primary Title","displayorder":1}],"makers":[{"id":17800,"displayname":"Sihyaj Chan K’awiil","displaydate":null,"datebegin":0,"dateend":0,"prefix":"Patron:","suffix":null,"role":"Patron","displaymaker":"Patron: Sihyaj Chan K’awiil","displayorder":3}],"depicted":[],"texts":[{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Provenance","textentryhtml":"<p>\n\tKing Sihyaj Chan Kʼawiil, Namaan (La Florida), Petén, Guatemala. Sold by unknown dealer to David Bernstein, New York; by 1982, David Bernstein sold to Herbert L. Lucas, Los Angeles, CA [1]; 2022, sold to the Princeton University Art Museum.\n</p>\n<p>\n\tNotes:\n\t<br />\n\t[1] According to correspondence with Bernstein in the curatorial file, he sold this object to Herbert Lucas in the “early 80s”. Lucas loaned this object to the Princeton University Art Museum in 1982 (L.1982.29c).\n\t<br />\n</p>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"The shape, palette, and glossiness of this vessel are typical of those produced in the small kingdom of Namaan, in northwestern Guatemala. The fluid, loose calligraphy around the rim provides a typical dedicatory statement for a Maya vessel, referring to its production and its intended function as a chocolate-drinking cup. The text also states that it was owned by a Namaan king named Sihyaj Chan K’awiil (Sky-Born Lightning). On each side of the vessel’s body, the king sits calmly on a plush jaguar-pelt throne. On one side a fantastic fire-breathing serpent writhes before the king, while on the other the serpent fully surrounds the king. Presumably the\n\nserpent is a supernatural being that provides the king access to potent forces. Columns of hieroglyphic forms divide the scenes but do not appear to convey linguistic meaning.\n","remarks":"AAA1_20_CLA_FA_9_17_25.pdf - Day 1 installation"}],"media":[{"id":15792,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/research.mayavase.com/kerrmaya_list.php?_allSearch","isprimary":0,"rank":0,"mediatypeid":7,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"Maya Vase Database"},{"id":262234,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/PUAMANX25_250408_20694","isprimary":1,"rank":1,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"PUAM Photo"},{"id":262235,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/PUAMANX25_250408_20695","isprimary":0,"rank":2,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"PUAM Photo"},{"id":262236,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/PUAMANX25_250408_20698","isprimary":0,"rank":3,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"PUAM Photo"},{"id":262237,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/PUAMANX25_250408_20699","isprimary":0,"rank":4,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"PUAM Photo"},{"id":262238,"uri":"https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/PUAMANX25_250408_20700","isprimary":0,"rank":5,"mediatypeid":1,"mediaviewtype":"(not assigned)","restrictions":null,"caption":"PUAM Photo"}],"hasimage":"true","bibliography":[{"boilertext":"Justin Kerr, <em>The Maya Vase Book: A Corpus of Rollout Photographs of Maya Vases,&nbsp;</em>Volume<em>&nbsp;</em>1 (New York: Kerr Associates, 1989).","citation":"Justin Kerr, <em>The Maya Vase Book: A Corpus of Rollout Photographs of Maya Vases,&nbsp;</em>Volume<em>&nbsp;</em>1 (New York: Kerr Associates, 1989)., p. 103 (illus. rollout)","date":1989,"id":2636,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/835392097"},{"boilertext":"Matthew Looper and Yuriy Polyukhovych, “A Familiar Relationship Between Nobles of El Peru (Waka’) and El Zotz (Pa’chan) as Recorded on a Polychrome Vessel,\" <em>Glyph dwellers </em>47 (Aug., 2016).","citation":"Matthew Looper and Yuriy Polyukhovych, “A Familiar Relationship Between Nobles of El Peru (Waka’) and El Zotz (Pa’chan) as Recorded on a Polychrome Vessel,\" <em>Glyph dwellers </em>47 (Aug., 2016)., fig. 6, p. 6 (illus.)","date":2016,"id":6662,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/38123005"},{"boilertext":"Francis Robiscek, <i>The Maya Book of the Dead: The Ceramic Codex</i> (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Art Museum, 1981).","citation":"Francis Robiscek, <i>The Maya Book of the Dead: The Ceramic Codex</i> (Charlottesville: University of Virginia Art Museum, 1981)., fig. 14, p. 113 (illus.)","date":1981,"id":2672,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/9073379"},{"boilertext":"\"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2002,\" <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 62 (2003): p. 107-161.","citation":"\"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2002,\" <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 62 (2003): p. 107-161., p. 160 (illus.), p. 161","date":2003,"id":3022,"uri":"https://www.jstor.org/stable/3774824"},{"boilertext":"<p>Mads Skytte Jørgensen and Guido Krempel,&nbsp;“The Late Classic Maya Court of Namaan (La Florida, Guatemala),” in <em>Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica</em>, eds. Julie Nehammer Knub, Christophe Helmke, and Jesper Nielsen (Oxford, Archaeopress, 2014)<br></p>","citation":"<p>Mads Skytte Jørgensen and Guido Krempel,&nbsp;“The Late Classic Maya Court of Namaan (La Florida, Guatemala),” in <em>Palaces and Courtly Culture in Ancient Mesoamerica</em>, eds. Julie Nehammer Knub, Christophe Helmke, and Jesper Nielsen (Oxford, Archaeopress, 2014)<br></p>, pp. 91-110, figs. 7.3e, 7.5e, and 7.6f (illus.)","date":2014,"id":9690,"uri":"https://search.worldcat.org/title/976026236"}],"exhibitions":[],"geography":[{"displaygeography":"Place made: North America, Guatemala, Petén, Maya area, Namaan (La Florida)","code":"Place made","continent":"North America","subcontinent":"Mesoamerica","country":"Guatemala","region":"Maya area","state":"Petén","city":null,"county":null,"subregion":"Central lowlands","locale":"Namaan (La Florida)","locus":null,"river":null,"excavation":null,"geoname":"http://www.geonames.org/3594618/la-florida.html","location":{"lat":"","lon":""}}],"terms":[{"id":2076085,"term":"drinking vessels","aatid":300194567,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2055657,"term":"figures (representations)","aatid":300189808,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2049167,"term":"ceramics","aatid":300151343,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2055947,"term":"polychrome","aatid":300252261,"termtype":"Classification"},{"id":2118718,"term":"hieroglyphics","aatid":300028721,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2089201,"term":"kings (people)","aatid":300025481,"termtype":"Subject"},{"id":2035671,"term":"Late Classic","aatid":300016986,"termtype":"Period / Style"},{"id":2036114,"term":"Maya","aatid":null,"termtype":"Culture"},{"id":2160397,"term":"slip","aatid":300010459,"termtype":"Materials"},{"id":2160750,"term":"ceramic","aatid":300235507,"termtype":"Materials"},{"id":2055947,"term":"polychrome","aatid":300252261,"termtype":"Materials"}],"classifications":[{"id":2076085,"classification":"drinking vessels"},{"id":2049167,"classification":"ceramics"},{"id":2055947,"classification":"polychrome"}],"cultures":[{"id":12497,"culture":"Maya","alphasort":"Maya","begindate":0,"enddate":0,"displayculture":"Maya","displaydate":null}],"cultureterms":[{"id":2036114,"culture":"Maya"}],"periods":[{"id":24016,"period":"Late Classic Period","alphasort":"Classic Period, Late","begindate":0,"enddate":0,"displayperiod":"Late Classic Period","displaydate":null}],"periodterms":[{"id":2035671,"period":"Late Classic"}],"attribute_groups":[{"id":2199317,"term":"Art of the Ancient Americas","termtype":"Collecting Area"}],"dimensionelements":[{"element":"Overall","type":"Height","units":"centimeters","dimension":"17.60"},{"element":"Overall","type":"diam.","units":"centimeters","dimension":"17.90"}],"packages":[{"packageid":225488,"name":"Gallery_20(Pavilion5)-AAA"},{"packageid":278831,"name":"10282025-DAY1-ONVIEW"},{"packageid":207612,"name":"2021_RosamundFitzmaurice_12_06-10"}],"primaryimage":["https://media.artmuseum.princeton.edu/iiif/3/collection/PUAMANX25_250408_20694"],"displaymaker":"Patron: Sihyaj Chan K’awiil","displayculture":"Maya","displayperiod":"Late Classic Period","caption":"Maya, Late Classic Period, Patron: Sihyaj Chan K’awiil, 620–81, Central lowlands, Petén, Maya area, Guatemala, Mesoamerica, Uk’ib (drinking cup). 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