comitl (Verg6v)

comitl (Verg6v)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element representing a frontal view of a comitl (pottery jug) shows a narrow neck, a flared mouth, and three (visible) handles. This element is from the compound Cihuatzincocol.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The glyph for comitl is fairly similar across manuscripts and regions. See below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Vergara, Codex (Verg)
Date of Manuscript: 

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils
Names (men's, but w/ female dimension)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Pottery, Earthenware
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
frontal view
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

cántaros, barro, cerámica, containers, earthenware, ceramic, ceramics, cerámicas, jug, pot, olla, jarra, jarro, vessel, vessels, vasija de cerámica, cántaro, cántaros, xoctli, xoctepi, huicolli, atlacuihuani, tecomitl, tecontontli, apilolli

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el cantaro

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wod

Image Source: 

Codex Vergara, folio 6v, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f20.item

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cihuaitzincocol (Verg6v)

comitl (Mdz13v)

comitl (TR26v)

comitl (MH484r)