Ce Acatl (MH737r)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph plus notation for the personal name Ce Acatl (“One Reed” or “1-Reed”) functions virtually like a compound. The glyph is attested here as a man’s name. It is a name that draws from the religious divinatory calendar of 260 days, the tonalpohualli. Acatl (reed) is a day name, and the number one (ce) is part of the date. This one is a small circle with a dot in the middle, which looks something like a bead. The number one appears right on the reed, which is segmented, has exposed roots that curl inward, and one long, curving leaf on each side.
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
cañas, números, calendarios, nombres de días, tonalpohualli, fechas, nombres de hombres
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ce, one, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ce
aca(tl), reed, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acatl
Uno Caña, o 1-Caña
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 737r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=552&st=image
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