amolli (Mdz39r)

amolli (Mdz39r)
Iconography

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

For amolli (39r), here is a Glyph description: This element for a plant root used for soap (amolli) has been carved from the compound glyph for the place name Huitzamolla.

Source Manuscript: 
Tepechpan, Tira de (TT)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Cleanliness, Orderliness, and their absence
Names (places)
Plants, Flora
Religion (Indigenous)
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

amolli, soap, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amolli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 39 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 88 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)