Temazatl (Verg11r)
This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Temazatl (“Roe Deer,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of the head of a deer (mazatl) facing toward the viewer's right. It has two three-point antlers. Its coat is textured. Below the deer is an upright stone (tetl) with the usual curling ends and wavy diagonal stripes across the middle. The stone provides the phonetic indicator that tells the reader this is a certain type of deer, the word starting with "Te-."
Stephanie Wood
The temazatl is a type of small deer with unique, "unbranched" antlers, even though the antlers here do appear to be branched.
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juā. te maçatl
Juan Temazatl
Stephanie Wood
1539
Jeff Haskett-Wood
venado, corzos, piedras
temaza(tl), a brocket or roe deer, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/temazatl
El Corzo
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Codex Vergara, folio 11r, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b84528032/f29.item.zoom
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