nauhtecpantli (Osu2r)

nauhtecpantli (Osu2r)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This notation from the Codex Osuna, folio 2 recto (Image 6), shows four (nahui) upright flags or banners waving toward the viewer’s right. Each flag (tecpantli) represents the number 20, and 4 x 20 is 80.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

This number is actually part of a larger number, centzontli ipan nauhtecpantli ipan matlactetl, which refers to a total of 490 bundles of lime. One could teach this notation as a math expression (e.g., 400 + 80 + 10).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Osuna, Codex (Osu)

Date of Manuscript:

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

numbers

Syntax:

line connecting elements

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Numbers, Math

Wood, wooden things

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

tan

white/neutral

Shapes and Perspectives:

rectangular

vertical, upright

Keywords:

números, veinte, cuatro, ochenta, notación, banderas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

nahui, four, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahui
tecpan(tli), twenty, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpantli
pam(itl), flag, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pamitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

cuatro por veinte, o ochenta

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Library of Congress Online Catalog and the World Digital Library, Osuna Codex, or Painting of the Governor, Mayors, and Rulers of Mexico (Pintura del Gobernador, Alcaldes y Regidores de México), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/. The original is located in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Image Source, Rights:

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