tepoztli (Mdz40r)

tepoztli (Mdz40r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for an ax or hatchet (tepoztli, which also refers to metals, especially copper] has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tepoztitlan. It stands upright with a slight curve back toward the viewer's left. The blade is triangular.

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: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Metals, Minerals, Mining
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
pointed (see also spiky)
vertical, upright
curving, curvy, curved
Keywords: 

hatchets, hachas, madera, metales, herramientas, tools

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

tepoz(tli), metal or something made of metal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepoztli

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 40 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 90 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).

See Also: 

xima (Mdz5v)

xima (Mdz10v)

xima (Mdz70r)

tepoztli (Mdz8r)

tepoztli (Mdz24v)

tepoztli (Mdz41r)

tepoztli (CST16)