http://collections.mfa.org/internal/media/dispatcher/787284/resize%3Aformat%3DfullCylinder vaseA.D. 755–780Earthenware: red, orange, ochre, brown, gray (originally green), and black on cream slip paintRitual drinking vessel painted with a scene that combines elements from two seminal Maya myths--the sacrifice of the Baby Jaguar-Maize god and the birth of the Maize god at Naah-Jo'-Chan Tz'am, Xaman (First-Five-Sky Altar/House [of the] North), a mythical mountain locale depicted around the base of the scene and named in the hieroglyphic text. The god's name (Jooj?/Ixim?) and the date of the event also are included in the text. A pair of supernaturals greets the newborn god who is depicted in his adult form. The scene is unified by a white cord representing the god's umbilical cord, and the black background indicates the mythical event occurred in the darkness of pre-Creation times. This vase was painted by one of the most accomplished artists of the Classic period.Ceramics22.5000000000 Centimeterhttp://collections.mfa.org/objects/36324/rdf