iztatl (Mdz38r)

iztatl (Mdz38r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element has been carved from the compound sign for the personal name, Iztapan. It shows a group of dots (probably salt, iztatl) inside two concentric circles. We may be seeing a ball of salt or a bowl of salt with a white rim around it.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis, 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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Food, Eating, Cooking
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
circle, circular or rounded
dotted, granular, textured
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

izta(tl), salt, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/iztatl

Additional Scholars' Interpretations: 

salt

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la sal

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 38 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 86 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: 

Iztapan (Mdz38r)

iztatl (CST12)