xihuitl (T1871:1)

xihuitl (T1871:1)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph shows one year (xihuitl). It is a simple circle with what seems to be a turquoise blue/green coloring, which is a clue to the reading, given that xihuitl also refers to the color.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The gloss explains that this is one (ce) year, and the (-tica) suffix points to time, such as "in one year" or "for one year." In this case, the reference is to providing certain tributes on a certain schedule (perhaps yearly).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

çe xihutica

Gloss Normalization: 

ce xiuhtica

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
AGN Tierras 1871, exp. 1
Date of Manuscript: 

1558

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Cuauhtla, Morelos

Semantic Categories: 
calendrics
numbers
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Numbers, Math
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
gray
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
Keywords: 

años, tiempo, xiuhpohualli, turquesa, xihuitl

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

xihui(tl), year, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl
xihui(tl), herbs and greenish things, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xihuitl-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el año, un año

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Single-page codex, Archivo General de la Nación, México, Ramo de Tierras, vol. 1871, exp. 1, fol. 28r.

Image Source, Rights: 

The Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), México, holds the original manuscript. This image is published here under a Creative Commons license, asking that you cite the AGN and this Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs.