cintli (Mdz34r)
This element has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Cincozcac. A cintli (also spelled centli) is an ear of maize whose kernels have been allowed to dry. This one has a green base and stem and rows of red kernels.
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
maize, corn, maíz, cobs, mazorcas, centli

cin(tli), dried ears of maize or corn, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cintli
Codex Mendoza, folio 34 recto,https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 78 of 188.
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