Atenco (Chav17)

Atenco (Chav17)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the place name Atenco (“At the Edge of the Water," or "At the Shore”) shows a flow of water (atl heading toward the reader's left. The water contains two notable swirls, and it divides at the end into three flows or splashes, each with a droplet or bead at the end. The water is placed in such a sway that it covers (and draws attention to) the chin up to the lips (tentli), which serve as a phonetic indicator for the -ten- in the place name. This is a man's head shown in profile, facing toward the reader's right. The locative suffix (-co) is not shown visually here.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Atengo

Gloss Normalization: 

Atenco

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1578

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

agua, orilla, litoral, lugar

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

En la Orilla del Agua

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_03246_001/?sp=17&st=image

Image Source, Rights: 

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco) is held by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México. It is published online by the World Digital Library and the Library of Congress, which is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.”