Altepetl (MH537v)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Altepetl (“City-State,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal/elevation view of a mountain [tepe(tl)] with swirling river or body of {atl) at the base and in front of the mountain. The water also conveys movement with its straight lines of current. The mountain shows some curves at the top.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

At three years into the construction of the database (May 2023) this is the first occurence of "Altepetl" as a personal name. Perhaps he came from the altepetl of Huexotzinco? Perhaps it was a landscape feature that the parents who named him had in mind?

This is one of a handful of glyphs were "atl" becomes "al." Tonal is another one (see below).

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

antonio altepetl

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Altepetl

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

visible movement

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Landscape Features

Movement

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Water

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

frontal view

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

towns, pueblos, cities, ciudades, xiuhpohualli, año, turquesa, xihuitl

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

altepe(tl), town, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/altepetl

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 537v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=154&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:

Altepetl (MH537v)

Altepetl (MH537v)

Tonal (MH528v)