Achcauhtli (MH692r)

Achcauhtli (MH692r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or birth-order label, Achcauhtli ("Older Brother" or "Person of Authority," attested here as a man's name), shows a profile view of a man's head looking toward the viewer's right. He has long hair pulled back, and tied with perhaps a white leather thong or cloth.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Hair length is significant in Nahua culture. It can mark an ethnic group or an occupational group (such as priests), for example. For more information on hair length, see Justyna Olko, Insignias of Rank in the Nahua World (2014), 35. Gender also seems to be significant. See other examples of long hair, below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā achcauhtli

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Achcauhtli

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

familia, hermanos, peinado, tzontli, atado, autoridades, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

achcauh(tli), older brother or person of authority, such as warrior leader, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/achcauhtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Hermano Mayor, o Persona de Autoridad

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 692r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=464&st=image.

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

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