otlatl (FCbk9f22v)
This iconographic example, featuring a solid reed (otlatl) walking stick, is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making potential comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the keywords chosen by the team behind the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss. This example shows a yellow, segmented stick with a curved end that reaches the ground. It is about as tall as the man carrying it. The same page has another merchant with one of these walking sticks.
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This otlatl compares very favorably with a similar stick in the compound glyph for the place name, Otatitlan (below).
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bastón de viaje, bastones
la caña maciza, el carrizo, o el bambú
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Available at Digital Florentine Codex/Códice Florentino Digital, edited by Kim N. Richter and Alicia Maria Houtrouw, "Book 9: The Merchants", fol. 22v, Getty Research Institute, 2023. https://florentinecodex.getty.edu/en/book/9/folio/22v/images/0 Accessed 29 August 2025.
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