tataca (Mdz15v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Chichihualtatacala.
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
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Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
tataca, to scratch something; to scratch oneself, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tataca
Additional Scholars' Interpretations:
scratched
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:
The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford, hold the original manuscript, the MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1. This image is published here under the UK Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SA 3.0).
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