caxtolli pesos (Chav1)

caxtolli pesos (Chav1)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This notation represents the number 15 and refers to pesos. It is part of a count of tributes presented by the pueblo of Huexotzinco (today, Huejotzingo). The fifteen comprises a crescent shape (10) plus a red circle (5), something of a mathematical equation. The use of red seems to relate to the fact that this was a final total. Earlier counts are in black.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Interestingly, the glyph for "bowl-lipped" shows a crescent much like this, and in that glyph the bowl is a caxitl. So, the crescent-shaped bowl seems to have been chosen in Huexotzinco for the phonetic value "cax-" from caxitl, providing the starting sound for caxtolli.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

castolli.

Gloss Normalization: 

caxtolli

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1578

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
Colors: 
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Other Cultural Influences: 
Keywords: 

monedas, matemáticas, números, dinero, quince, fifteen

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

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_03246_001/?sp=1

Image Source, Rights: 

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco) is held by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México. It is published online by the World Digital Library and the Library of Congress, which is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.”

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