Ateuh (MH613v)

Ateuh (MH613v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ateuh ("Like Water") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a war shield in the form of a circle with a small circle in the center and four evenly-placed, half-round designs inside the perimeter. How the shield relates to something "like water," as the gloss might suggest, is a mystery. More research is required for this glyph, but it appears that the shield is not a logogram.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā anteuh

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Ateuh

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as phonogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Sexuality, Fertility
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
quincunx or quatrefoil
circle, circular or rounded
circle (half)
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Keywords: 

anatomía, testículos, testicles, nombres de hombres

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

a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
-teuh, in the manner of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/teuh

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

A la Manera de Agua

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 613v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=309st=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: 

Timal (MH516r)

Chalchiuh (MH541v)

tzauhqui (MH536v)

Yaotl (MH484v)