tecpatl (CQ)

tecpatl (CQ)
Simplex Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This red and white painting of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecpatl (flint knife) is attested here as a woman's name. Tecpatl was a day name in the tonalpohualli (religious divinatory calendar) and a year name in the xiuhpohualli (year-count). But here, as a personal name, it is more likely from the tonalpohualli.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Quetzalecatzin, Codex (CQ)
Date of Manuscript: 

covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

southern Puebla state

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
day name
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Colors: 
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
frontal view
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
pointed (see also spiky)
vertical, upright
Other Cultural Influences: 
Ñuu Savi (Mixtec)
Keywords: 

flint knives, pedernales, cuchillos, names, nombres de mujeres

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

tecpa(tl), obsidian knife or blade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el pedernal

Image Source: 

The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/

Image Source, Rights: 

The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version online. It is not copyright protected.

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tecpatl (CQ)