Comitlan (Mdz13v)

Comitlan (Mdz13v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

The simplex glyph for comitl) (ceramic pot or vessel) stands for the full place name Comitlan. This jug (comitl) is tall and round, terracotta-colored, with a small handle on the right and the left, and a flared neck. The -tlan (locative suffix) is not represented visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

comitlan, puo

Gloss Normalization: 

Comitlan, pueblo

Gloss Analysis, 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

Semantic Categories: 
place name
Syntax: 
locative (not visual)
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Ceramics, Pottery
Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils
Food, Eating, Cooking
Names (places)
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Keywords: 

cantaros, cerámica, barro

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

comi(tl), pottery vessel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/comitl
-tlan (locative suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlan

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 13 verso, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 37 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).