Amantecatl (MH745v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or occupation of
Amantecatl (perhaps “Feather Worker”) is attested here as pertaining to a man. The visual for this name looks something like folded paper (amatl) rather than feathers. If it is paper, then amatl is a phonetic indicator for the Ama- start to the name, and the artistic nature of the paper may provide a semantic hint for “skilled artisan” (amantecatl).
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
plumas, papel, artesanos, nombres de hombres
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amanteca(tl), a skilled artisan, often a feather worker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/amantecatl
Artesano de Plumas
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 745v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=569&st=image
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