Petlapan (LTlax302v)

Petlapan (LTlax302v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This is a black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the place name Petlapan.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Tlaxcala, Lienzo de (LTlax)
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1580s

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

Semantic Categories: 
phonetic dimensions
place name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Names (places)
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
rectangular
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
woven
zigzag
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

petates, agua

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

petla(tl), woven mat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/petlatl
apan(tli), waterway or canal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/apantli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

En el Petate

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

"Reconstrucción histórica digital del Lienzo de Tlaxcala," UNAM, https://lienzodetlaxcala.unam.mx/

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript can be reproduced for non-profit purposes, as long as the images are not mutilated, and with full citation and link to the source. Please also cite this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs (see splash page for recommended citation format)..

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

petlatl (Mdz38r)

apantli (Mdz13v)