Atle Ixochiuh (MH817r)

Atle Ixochiuh (MH817r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Atle Ixochiuh (perhaps “He Has No Flowers” or "He is Not a Transsexual") is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a right hand holding what may be a scepter, with a round ball at the top and a short handle that comes just below the hand. How this relates to being like flowers or not having flowers is unclear.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Further decipherment work is welcomed for this glyph. Perhaps the object is a flower-like, hand-held device. See a few examples of other men’s names, below, which also employ the negated quantifier atle.

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:

atle (negated quantifier or qualifier)

noun(s)

phrase or sentence

possessive pronoun

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Flowers

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

profile view

Keywords:

flores, negativos, faltar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

atle, nothing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atle
i- (possessive pronoun), his or her, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/i
iuh, in the manner of or thus, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ihui
xochi(tl), flower, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xochitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Falta Flores

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 817r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=708&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).

Orthography:

"y" for i

Historical Contextualizing Image: