tepoztli (MH500r)
This simplex glyph shows an autonomous-era style ax or hatchet whose name is shared with the word for metal or copper (tepoztli). This one is a sign that refers to an occupation (perhaps axe-maker, or perhaps one who uses axes in cutting wood or carving stone?). This axe is upright, shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. It has a curving (probably wooden) handle. The blade (possibly still made from copper) is triangular and attached to the handle with a (probably leather) strap.
Stephanie Wood
Examples below show axes being used to chip wood, to chop wood (ocotl) and to carve stone columns.
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood and Stephanie Wood
axes, hatchets, hachas, metales, cobre, herramientas, tools
tepoz(tli), metal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepoztli
el hacha
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 500r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=79&st=image
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