atl (CQ)

atl (CQ)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for a body of water (atl) or watering hole (atecochtli) has been carved from the compound glyph for the toponym or place name Atecochtli Ecatl Nequetzaloyan. This is a bird's eye view of water, drawn as a circle and painted turquoise blue. Wavy black lines have been drawn intermittently across the water. The edge or shore is somewhat scalloped.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

When carving the glyph here, we had to clean up the edge where the Ehecatl sign once appeared, in the upper right perimeter. The original body of water can be found below, as part of the compound glyph.

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: 
calendrics
day name
place name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Landscape Features
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
circle, circular or rounded
scalloped edges
wavy
Other Cultural Influences: 
Mixtec
Keywords: 

water, el agua

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

a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wiered-humanities.org/content/atl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el agua

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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 (CQ)

Atecochtli Ehecatl Nequetzayan (CQ)

amanalli (CmpRG)