tetl (CmpRG)
Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:
This drawing of the element tetl (stone) has been carved from the place name glyph, Techimalli (see below). It looks like a merger of interlocking stones, entwined. This combination has three curling ends instead of the usual two. It may have some faded coloring, perhaps tan or pink.
Description, Credit:
Stephanie Wood
Source Manuscript:
Date of Manuscript:
1580
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Writing Features:
Cultural Content & Iconography:
Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
Shapes and Perspectives:
Keywords:
piedras, rocas, stone
Glyph or Iconographic Image:
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):
te(tl), stone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetl
Image Source:
Map of Cempohuallan (Zempoala, Cempoala), https://exhibits.lib.utexas.edu/spotlight/mapping-mexican-history/catalo...
Image Source, Rights:
Benson Latin American Collection, University of Texas Libraries, University of Texas, Austin
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