Chiucnahui Tecpatl (CQ)

The A-O year glyph suggests a southern Puebla location for the towns mentioned in this manuscript, supported by the presence of towns such as as Huitziltepec, Todos Santos (Xochitlan), and Tochtepec (all located between Puebla and Tehuacan). As found in other examples of the flint knife, the tecpatl is often red and white. Perhaps the red implies blood and sacrificial offerings.

A study of the Codex Quetzalecatzin made by Sebastián van Doesburg notes that the year Chiucnahui Tecpatl (Nine Flint Knife) is associated with the start of the rule of Chicuace Olin (Six Movement) and Matlactli Omei Mazatl (Thirteen Deer), plus a second wife. This long period of rule began in 1528 and ended in Chicuace Tecpatl (1564). [See the citation for van Doesburg's study in our Bibliography, and see pp. 132, 135.]

While not relevant in this particular example, the year name "Tecpatl" can also be a day name. All the year names (Calli, Tochtli, Acatl, and Tecpatl) are also day names, and then there are another sixteen day names, for twenty in all. There are only four year names.