atlacuihuani (Mdz5v)

atlacuihuani (Mdz5v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This element of a ceramic pitcher or jug for fetching water (atlacuihuani) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Atlacuihuayan. Given the -yan locative suffix, the root of the place name must be a verb, such as to fetch (and store?) water. But this object is clear what is being used to get the water. This jug has an hour-glass figure, a spout, and a bowed handle. It is painted terracotta, which suggests a ceramic pitcher.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Other names for pitchers include the comitl and the tzotzocolli. See our Online Nahuatl Dictionary entries.

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

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils

Keywords:

cantaros, barro, cerámica

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 pitcher

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 5 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 21 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).