Tikal Burial 196 Tomb of the Jade Jaguar - Maya Archaeology

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tainer several cm. from the south wall was the broken remains
of a beautiful vessel of white stone, apparently alabaster or
onyx marble. Unlike the onyx marble vessel from Bu. 116, this
one was not stuccoed or painted.
On the stone there was slight horizontal banding.
A1though not noted on the catalog card, the author remembers
that the vessel was highly polished and smoothed on the outside
and on the inside 1ip down about 2 cm. The rest of the
interior walls were rough. On the interior base there was a
bit of brown powder, but not enough to pass positively as
food remains. Below the vessel was a layer of red-brown powder.
The rim diameter of 14.6 cm. was slightly larger than
the base diameter of 11.7 cm.; the vessel was 12.4 cm. high
with a sharp angle at the base with the ring stand. The rim
was flattened and slightly everted.
JADE OFFERINGS
JADE OFFERINGS NOT WORN BY THE DECEASED
Two objects of jade were off to one side of the body
and were not on the body of the deceased.
The Jade Jaguar Plan #47 117A-50 Fig. 81 Photos 8b, 85, 86
Laying on the south side of the dais, facing east, was
found an unusually large piece of carved jade. Its maximum