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. The sand is not a requirement for a glyph of a ravine or gorge. The sand is present in this case because this "element" comes from the full hieroglyph for Xalatlauhco.

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)