Tzonteconapan (LTlax303r) | Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs

Tzonteconapan (LTlax303r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the place name, Tzonteconapan ("In The Skull Canal").

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Tlaxcala, Lienzo de (LTlax)

Date of Manuscript:

c. 1580s

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

Semantic Categories:

Syntax:

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Death, decay, decomposition

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

bird's eye view

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

Keywords:

cráneos, la muerte, agua, tzontecomatl

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tzontecoma(tl), skull, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontecomatl
apan(tli), canal or waterway, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/apantli
tzon(tli), head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/apantli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

En el Canal del Cráneo

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

"Reconstrucción histórica digital del Lienzo de Tlaxcala," UNAM, https://lienzodetlaxcala.unam.mx/

Image Source, Rights:

This manuscript can be reproduced for non-profit purposes, as long as the images are not mutilated, and with full citation and link to the source. Please also cite this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs (see splash page for recommended citation format)..

Historical Contextualizing Image:

See Also:

Miquiz (MH518r)

Miquiz (MH520r)