Achtocan (MH593v)

Achtocan (MH593v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the place name Achtocan (“First Place,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a building, which provides a semantic locative for the suffix (-can). Above the building are a number of small circles, seemingly representing seeds (achtli), perhaps serving as a phonetic indicator for the word for "first" (achto), as in the first barrio or first smaller settlement in the area.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Two other types of seeds appear below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

achtoca barrio

Gloss Normalization: 

Achtocan, barrio

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

seeds, semillas, first, primero, lugares, asentamientos, edificios, barrios

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

ach(tli), seeds, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/achtli
achto, first, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/achto
-can, (locative suffix), where, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/can-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Primer Asentamiento, Primer Lugar

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 593v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=266&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

chiyan (Mdz13r)

huauhtli (Mdz20v)

achtli (MH593v)