matlactli omome (CQ)
This notation for the number twelve (matlactli omome) from the Codex Quetzalecatzin top has five (macuilli) ones. Connecting with this is another grouping in a vertical row running down the left wide with another five (macuilli) ones. Finally, in line with this vertical grouping but below it and separated by a space, are two (ome) more ones. This gap might represent the numeric ligature (-on- or -om-). The coloring of the circles involves red, yellow, and white.
Stephanie Wood
The three colors of red, yellow, and white for the counters (ones) are used fairly regularly in this manuscript. The reading order required further study. Of course, these colors are echoed in the colors of maize and in cardinal directions.
Stephanie Wood
covers ruling men and women of Tecamachalco through 1593
twelve, doce, numbers, nĂºmeros, ten, diez, two, dos
matlactli omome, twelve, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/matlactli-omome
doce
The Codex Quetzalecatzin, aka Mapa de Ecatepec-Huitziltepec, Codex Ehecatepec-Huitziltepec, or Charles Ratton Codex. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017590521/
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