comitl (Mdz21v)

comitl (Mdz21v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for a ceramic jug (comitl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Contlan. This jug is very round but flat-bottomed, has a flared neck, two small handles, one on each side, and it is terracotta colored.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Ceramics, Pottery
Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils
Food, Eating, Cooking
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Xitlali Torres

Colors: 
orange/terracotta
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
Keywords: 

jug, jugs, pots, vessels, ceramics, cantarillos, cántaros, ollas

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

comi(tl), ceramic pot or jug, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/comitl

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 21 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 53 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).

See Also: 

Contlan (Mdz21v)

Ixcotl (MH526r)