piyaztli (Mdz15v)

piyaztli (Mdz15v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph doubles as the place name Piaztlan and is included here to stand for the Nahuatl term piaztli (tube).

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

piyaz(tli), a long thin squash, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/piyaztli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 15 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 41 of 188.

Image Source, Rights: 

Original manuscript is held by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1; used here with the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0)