Aten (MH568v)

Aten (MH568v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Aten (“Water-Edge,” or maybe "Lakeshore," attested here as a man’s name) builds on the portrait of the tribute payer, adding a flow of water (atl)] under his chin and lips (tentli). The water has lines of current (movement), including one little swirl, and it throws off two little streams with droplets at the tips.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

If -ten is a preterit form of tema, to fill up, then perhaps this name means "Water-Filled."

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā aten

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Aten

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
Writing Features: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

water, agua, lips, labios, edge, orilla, shore

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Orilla del Agua

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 568v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=216&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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