tequitl (MH543r)

tequitl (MH543r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the element tequitl (work) has been taken from the compound personal name glyph Nentequitl (see below). Providing a semantic reading for "work" is the agricultural tool (the huictli) that was used by most Nahua farmers.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

work, trabajo, tributos

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Image Source: 
Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).