tlaahuilia (Mdz27r)

tlaahuilia (Mdz27r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This compound glyph for the place name, Tlaahuililpan, doubles as a glyph for the verb tlaahuilia, to water something. In this case the concept is that a ceramic, terracotta jug full of turquoise-blue water is tipping over to irrigate a land parcel. The parcel (a tlalli, milli, or the like) has the typical segmentation, with parts that are purple and parts that are terracotta-colored. It shows texturing (dots and tipped-over U-shapes) that suggests agriculture.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Mendoza/Mendocino, Codex (Mdz)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1541, but by 1553 at the latest

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Mexico City

Syntax:

verb

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising

Ceramics, Pottery

Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils

Land Parcels, Use, Issues

Colors:

purple (light)/lavender

Shapes and Perspectives:

segmented

rectangular

U-shapes (any direction)

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

dotted, granular, textured

bird's eye view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

water, shells, caracoles, jarra de agua, riego, agricultura, parcelas, terrenos, tierras, cantaros

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
tlaahuilia, to water something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaahuilia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

regar algo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Codex Mendoza, folio 27 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 64 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).