tepetl (Mdz24v)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element for hill or mountain (tepetl) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tepoztlan. We have removed the metal hatchet, which has slightly affected the shape of this hill.
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
Syntax:
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Keywords:
mountains, hills, montañas, cerros, altepetl
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/tepetl24vhill%2Cmtn%28silent%29FromTepoztlan%20%281%29.jpeg?itok=gcBktSHt)
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
tepe(tl), hill, mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepetl
Additional Scholars' Interpretations:
hill or mountain
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 24 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 59 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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