atlauhtli (Mdz10r)

atlauhtli (Mdz10r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element is contained within the compound glyph for the place name, Xalatlauhco. The presence of a ravine (atlauhtli) is the reason why two mountains are shown. There is sand at the bottom and water flows through the ravine.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

We considered carving the compound glyph to just show the area between the two mountains (tepetl), but the ravine may be easier to detect from the whole setting.

Added 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

Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Dirt, Sand, Soil
Landscape Features
Shells
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
green (dark)
green (light)
red
white/neutral
yellow or golden
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bell-shaped (upright)
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
dotted, granular, textured
Keywords: 

water, shells, barrancos, agua, arena, cerros, montañas

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

atlauhtli, ravine, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atlauhtli
a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

el barranco

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Codex Mendoza, folio 10 recto, https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/2fea788e-2aa2-4f08-b6d9-648c00..., image 30 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: 

Xalatlauhco (Mdz10r)