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>To: Kevin P Smith <ksmith at umail.ucsb.edu>, nahuat-l at mrs.umn.edu
>From: "John B. Carlson" <jcarlson at pop.deans.umd.edu>
>Subject: Re: Tlaloc inscription
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>At 6:32 PM -0800 11/18/01, Kevin P Smith wrote:
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> >Dear Neteros:
> >In an Inquisition record I'm working on there is a reference to an ancient
> >statue of Tlaloc, which bore on its forehead a chalchihuitl "con una
> >figura por la una parte, que dicen es cuenta de seis dias." Can anyone
> >speculate as to what figure this might refer? The scribe here is
> >translating testimony given in Nahuatl. Was Tlaloc especially connected
> >with a particular trecena or veintena in the Aztec calendar?
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any information.
> >
> >--
> >Kevin Paul Smith
> >University of California Santa Barbara
> >ksmith at umail.ucsb.edu
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>Kevin,
>
>One picture would have been worth all the testimony on this subject.
>
>(1) Is the inquisition record from Mexico city, or somewhere else? It would
>make some difference. Where did this take place?
>
>(2) Knowing what period this sculpture dated from would also be critical.
>Obviously, one can't know, but the assumption of a date from the time of
>contact is only an hypothesis.
>
>(3) If the number associated with the presumed tonalpohualli date were
>seven, I would have had a guess as to the sign. As it is, I think this is a
>virtually insoluble problem.
>
>Any chance you have more information on this record?
>
>John Carlson
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