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Tziuhtecatl.

Headword: 
Tziuhtecatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a famous name; held by the leader of the merchants of Tlatelolco during the reign of Cuacuauhpitzahuac, and held by a lord of Colhuahcân who was a successor of Yohuallatônac; finally, according to Siméon, this is variant for the name Xiuhtecatl, someone who takes care of green herbs or turquoise

Gran Diccionario Nahuatl, citing the Florentine Codex (Book 9); the 3rd Relation of Chimalpahin; and Rémi Siméon; translation to English here by Stephanie Wood, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tziuhtecatl/75330

Orthographic Variants: 
Tziuhtecatzin
Attestations from sources in English: 

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

themes: 
Politics, Power, Governance
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Turquoise, Greenstone/Jade