atecochtli (CQ)

atecochtli (CQ)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for a watering hole [from atl), water, and tecochtli, hole, pit, grave] has been carved from the toponym or place name Atecochtli Ecatl Nequetzayan. The watering hole is shown as a bird's eye view of a circle filled with turquoise-blue water. The water has wavy black lines as waves. Around the perimeter of the circle is a scalloped edge or shore line.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

In carving away the figure at the top of the circle, we repaired it so that it was more difficult to detect the editing. But one can see (below, right) the original compound glyph with the Ehecatl figure on the upper right edge of the circle.

This body of water is reminiscent of the amanalli on the Map of Cempohuallan (see below, right).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Quetzalecatzin, Codex (CQ)
Date of Manuscript: 

covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

southern Puebla state

Semantic Categories: 
place name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Landscape Features
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
bird's eye view
scalloped edges
wavy
Other Cultural Influences: 
Mixtec
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
tecoch(tli), hole, pit, grave, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el estanque de agua o el charco

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Ofeliz Cruz Morales

Image Source: 

The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version on line. It is not copyright protected.

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Atecochtli Ehecatl Nequetzayan (CQ)

amanalli (CmpRG)