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petlacalcatl.

Headword: 
petlacalcatl.
Principal English Translation: 

a high title, a treasurer

Attestations from sources in English: 

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

"the man in charge of all the tributes was the Petlacalcatl, called by Durán the 'royal treasurer' (1967:11:307)"
F. Hicks, "The Aztec Empire in the Northern Valley of Mexico," Ancient Mesoamerica 3:1 (Spring 1992), pp. 1-10.

Attestations from sources in Spanish: 

"mayordomo mayor, que tiene cargo de la despensa real, o tesorero que tiene cargo de la hacienda real"
Gran Diccionario del Náhuatl, citando a Durán, 1579. https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/petlacalcatl/188959