ome xiquipilli (TR39r)

ome xiquipilli (TR39r)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing is a frontal view of the simplex glyph of a xiquipilli (sack or bag)in a quantity of two (ome). Two sacks of 8,000, add up to the number 16,000. The highly decorated, ceremonial sack that counts as 8,000 once contained small items of great preciosity in a large quantity, if not literally eight thousand. These bags have a loop at the top that serves as a handle. They have a cross (+) at front and center, a fringe at the bottom, and two knotted and fringed elements at the top on the right and left of the opening.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

While we do not have a gloss to support our reading, we have other comparisons (below) that make it clear. The xiquipilli is a sign for a number, not literally an item being counted in and of itself. Thus, we are considering it a phonogram.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Telleriano-Remensis, Codex (TR)

Date of Manuscript:

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Semantic Categories:

numbers

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as phonogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Numbers, Math

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

symmetry

tied, bound, or bundled

vertical, upright

woven

Keywords:

numbers, números, two, dos, ocho mil, dieciséis mil, 8000, 16000, sixteen thousand, eight thousand, bags, bolsas

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

ome, two, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ome
xiquipil(li), 8000, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xiquipilli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

dos por ocho mil, o dieciséis mil, o 16.000

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 39 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f103.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights:

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