matlactli (T1871:1)

matlactli (T1871:1)
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This element for the notation representing ten (matlactli) was part of a compound sign for a measurement in arm lengths (matl). The notation consists of ten small circles representing ones, all in a horizontal row. The circles appear to be colored, but the colors are difficult to decipher and may not be intentional.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Unlike some other ones, these do not have smaller concentric circles or dots inside them. Also unlike some other groups of ten ones, these are not separated into two groups of five. See below, for an example of that. That "see also field" (below) also includes another row of ten ones from the same manuscript but with slightly different coloring.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

AGN Tierras 1871, exp. 1

Date of Manuscript:

by 1553 by the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

numbers

Syntax:

ten all run together (notation)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Measurements, Quantities

Numbers, Math

Cultural Content, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

horizontal

Keywords:

números, círculos

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

matlactli, ten, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlactli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

diez

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1871, exp. 1, fol. 28r.

Image Source, Rights:

The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.