tezontlalli (FCbk11f229v)

This iconographic example, featuring rocky soil (tezontlalli), is included in this digital collection for the purpose of making comparisons with related hieroglyphs. The term selected for this example comes from the text near the image in the Digital Florentine Codex. There is no gloss, per se. This example shows a Nahua man in a ¾ view (but the head in profile, facing left), seated on a short woven seat (some type of icpalli, apparently). He is gesturing, pointing with the index finger of his left hand, toward a pile of stones and a possibly wooden measuring container with a spout and handle (perhaps an almud, a Spanish colonial measuring instrument). A small pile of stones is in the measuring box, and some dirt may also be falling into it. The man collecting the small volcanic stones (tezontlalli) and perhaps some dirt is wearing a cloak (likely a tilmatli, or tilmahtli with the glottal stop) tied on his left shoulder. He also wears trousers that come over his knees but are well above his ankles.