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Chopitl.

Headword: 
Chopitl.
Principal English Translation: 

the name of an enslaved person; along with another enslaved person, Motelchiuhtzin, Chopitl was captured during battles between the Mexica and the Tlaxcalteca during the sixteenth year of the reign of Motecuhzoma
Juan de Torquemada, Monarquía indiana de los veinte y un libros rituales..., 1975, 312.

Attestations from sources in English: 

See an image that represents Chopitl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).

themes: 
Slavery
War, Conflict