Tlacaxopantepec (TR26r)

Tlacaxopantepec (TR26r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This compound glyph for the place name Tlacaxopantepec features several elements. One is a person (tlacatl), in this case a man (given the hairstyle) with his head in profile, looking toward the viewer's right, while his body is facing forward, with his two arms both visible. Part of a white cape (a garment a man would wear) might also be visible, but his body is otherwise obscured behind a large ceramic pot, usually called a comitl (although it does not play a phonetic role in the place name). Over the man's right shoulder--on the viewer's left--is an upright, white, rectangular flag, called a (panitl]), which does have a phonetic role in the compound glyph. The -tepec part of the place name is covered with the presence of the hill or mountain (tepetl), which is a tall, green, bell-shaped sign with curling rocky outcroppings on its slopes and a white horizontal band near its base.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The phonetic role of the middle syllable, "xo," may be covered in some way by the jug, although this is not obvious. Xopan usually refers to the rainy season; perhaps the jug is meant to catch rain water? Xo- would normally be covered by adding a footprint.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

ca. 1550–1563

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

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Keywords: 

cerros, ollas, banderas, personas

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

Telleriano-Remensis Codex, folio 26 recto, MS Mexicain 385, Gallica digital collection, https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b8458267s/f77.item.zoom

Image Source, Rights: 

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