pochtecatl (Mdz29r)

pochtecatl (Mdz29r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for a pochtecatl (a long-distance merchant) also represents the place name Hueipochtlan.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

pochtecatl), a long-distance merchant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pochtecatl

Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Syntax: 
Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

trader, traveling vendor, pochteca, tratante, etnicidad

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

pochteca(tl), a long-distance merchant, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pochtecatl

Image Source: 
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)