amanalli (CmpRG)

amanalli (CmpRG)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex hieroglyph from the Map of Cempohuallan (Zempoala, Cempoala) features a round pool or tank of water (amanalli) with two concentric circles, the inner one painted turquoise blue and the outer one,= with a scalloped rim filled with black dots. This is a bird's eye view of a pool of water with a shoreline.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The blue interior aligns with the reading of a pool or tank of water, as provided by the gloss. The dotted or textured outer rim suggests perhaps a sandy shore, which would push the translation toward a pool or pond, rather than a tank, in this case. Compare the texturing with glyphs for xalli (sand). This pool of water is somewhat akin to the visual representation of the atecochtli from the Codex Quetzalecatl, also in this collection (see below, right).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

amanalli

Gloss Normalization: 

amanalli

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Cempohuallan, RG Map of (CmpRG)
Date of Manuscript: 

1580

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Zempoala, Hidalgo (Cempoala, Cempohuallan)

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Landscape Features
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
brown
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
dotted, granular, textured
bird's eye view
scalloped edges
Keywords: 

water, pools, ponds, sand, sandy shores, charcos, tanks, tanques

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

amanal(li), a pool or tank of water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amanalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la alberca o el estanque de agua

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Alonso de Molina

Image Source: 

Map of Cempohuallan (Zempoala, Cempoala), https://exhibits.lib.utexas.edu/spotlight/mapping-mexican-history/catalo...

Image Source, Rights: 

Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, University of Texas, Austin

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

huei atl (Mdz16r)

atecochtli (CQ)

xalli (Mdz13r)

xalli (Mdz40r)