atlacuihuani (Mdz27r)

atlacuihuani (Mdz27r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This element for a jug that was used to fetch water(atlacuihuani) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tlaahuililpan. It does not play a phonetic role in the place name. It could, in fact, be a comitl or a tzotzocolli, also names for jug or pitchers that could hold water. In the other, more certain glyph for the atlacuihuani, it has a handle much like this one, whereas the comitl has small handles on both sides.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

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:

Ceramics, Pottery

Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils

Food, Eating, Cooking

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Colors:

orange/terracotta

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

horizontal

Keywords:

jugs, water, jarras, jarros, agua, cántaros, ollas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

atlacuihuani, a water pitcher, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atlacuihuani
com(itl), a ceramic jug, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/comitl
tzotzocolli, a pitcher, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzotzocolli
tlacuihua, to take, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacuihua

Additional Scholars' Interpretations:

ceramic jug

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 27 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 64 of 188.

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).