tetl (MH484r)

tetl (MH484r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element has been carved from the compound sign for the personal name, Tepech. It is a black line drawing of a nearly horizontal stone with flauted or curling ends and two diagonal stripes across the stone, leaning to the right.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Compare with the stones from the Codex Mendoza, which have wavy diagonal stripes.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
horizontal
striped
Keywords: 

piedras, rocas

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

tetl, stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 484r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=47&st=image&r=-0.559,-....

Image Source, Rights: 

This m 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).

See Also: 

tetl (Mdz18r)

tetl (Mdz48r)

Tepech (MH484r)