A Seventh-Century Inscribed Miniature Flask From Copan Found at Tazumal, El Salvador

Bibliographic Data

ID6034110
AuthorsJeb J Card (Miami University, corresponding author), Marc Zender (0009-0009-1367-8551, Tulane University)
Year2016
Volume27
Issue2
Pages279-292
Publication date2016-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAncient Mesoamerica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0956-5361 • E-ISSN: 1469-1787
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0956536116000298
OpenAlexW2559657310
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited35

Late Classic interaction between Copan and western El Salvador has been archaeologically recognized in prestige items, monumental influences, and the common use of Copador ceramics. An inscribed flask excavated in 1952 in the main pyramid at Tazumal, El Salvador provides historical evidence for these ties. The flask is dedicated as the property of K'ahk' Uti' Witz' K'awiil (Copan Ruler 12), a long-lived seventh-century ruler who presided over the expansion of Copan's influence far outside of the Copan valley. The flask is the only hieroglyphic text from El Salvador naming a recognizable individual or that can be dated to an absolute calendrical span, one of only a few miniature Classic Maya vessels tagged with an individual's name, and the only one naming anajaw(lord). The vessel's text, iconography, and context brings the political relationship between Copan and western El Salvador into sharper focus

Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Iconography · Inscribed figure · Maya · Ruler · Historical Studies in Central America · History · Latin American history and culture · Politics and Society in Latin America

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