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Tequixquinahuacatl.
Headword:
Tequixquinahuacatl.
Principal English Translation:
the name or title of a high judge (see Sahagún)
Orthographic Variants:
Tequixquinaoacatl
Attestations from sources in English:
See an image that represents Tequixquinahuacatl in the Visual Lexicon of Aztec Hieroglyphs, ed. Stephanie Wood (Eugene, Ore.: Wired Humanities, 2020-present).
Thirteen judges named as working with the highest ruler on the most difficult legal cases: Ciuacoatl (Cihuacoatl), Tlacochcalcatl, Uitznauatlailotlac (Huitznahuatlailotlac), Ticociauacatl (Ticociahuacatl), Pochtecatlailotlac, Ezuauacatl (Ecihuahuacatl?), Mexicatl Tezcacoacatl, Acatliacapanecatl, Milnauatl (Milnahuatl), Atlauhcatl, Ticociauacatl (Ticociahuacatl), Ciuatecpanecatl (Cihuatecpanecatl), and Tequixquinaoacatl (Tequixquinahuacatl). (central Mexico, sixteenth century)