tenezaloloni (FCbk10f18r)

This iconographic example, featuring a mason’s tool (tenezaloloni) for making mortar, is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making possible 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, per se. This example shows the fingers of a man’s hand holding the tool by way of the loop at the top. The tool is largely a horizontal plane or blade. The context suggests that the tool is being used for mortar. In the upper left corner of the contextualizing image there may be a bundle of stones wrapped in a petlatl (woven mat) and tied. Perhaps these stones, or perhaps adobe bricks, will be laid using the mortar.