Atl Pozonqui (MH671v)

Atl Pozonqui (MH671v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Atl Pozonqui (perhaps “Foamy Water”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows swirling water (atl) at the top of a jug. Perhaps it is foam (apozonalli) that is spilling over the top of the container. It could also be water that has been agitated (pozonqui) by stirring or shaking. Two droplets appear at the tips of two small sprays of water at the top of the swirl.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The decipherment of this hieroglyph could use further research.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Water

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

shading and parallel line hatching

frontal view

bird's eye view

Keywords:

agua, espuma, remolino, movimiento, agitación, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
pozonqui, alarmed and full of wrath, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pozonqui
apozonal(li), amber or the foam of water spray, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/apozonalli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Agua Espumosa

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 671v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=423&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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