atl (Mdz51r)

atl (Mdz51r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for water (atl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Ayotochco. It is a stream of water with lines of current and white, alternating droplets and turbinate shells splashing off the stream. Black lines of current run through the turquoise-colored water.

Source Manuscript: 
Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, or by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
day name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
Keywords: 

water, agua, shells, conchas, caracolillos, gotas

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

atl, water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 51 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 112 of 118.

Image Source, Rights: 

The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).

See Also: 

Ayotochco (Mdz51r)