tepetl (CQ)
This element for hill or mountain (tepetl) has been carved from the compound place name Tochtepetonco. This tepetl is a green/brown, bell-shaped sign for a hill or mountain, with a white, horizontal band near the base or bottom of the hill.
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covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593
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hills, mountains, cerros, montañas
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/tepetl_CQAtomicFromTochtepetonco.png?itok=HBDwUUel)
tepe(tl), hill or mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepetl
el cerro o la montaña
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The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/
The Library of Congress, current custodian of this pictorial Mexican manuscript, hosts a digital version on line. It is not copyright protected.
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/Tochtepetonco_CQContext_0_0.png)