tepoztli (Mdz40r)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This element for a hatchet (tepoztli, which also refers to metals, especially copper] has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tepoztitlan. It stands upright
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest
Syntax:
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Shapes and Perspectives:
Keywords:
hatchets, hachas
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
![](https://aztecglyphs.wired-humanities.org/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/tepoztli40rSIMPLEXfromTepoztitlan.png?itok=bn5pw1_u)
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
tepoz(tli), metal or something made of metal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepoztli
Image Source:
Codex Mendoza, folio 40 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 90 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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