Axoquen (MH592r)

Axoquen (MH592r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Axoquen (“Agricultural Tool,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of an agricultural tool (axoquen) with a nearly rectangular blade something like a modern shovel. The blade is attached to what is probably a wooden handle. The handle makes a right-angle turn below the end, and it seems to have a serpent head n profile (looking right) at the very end of the handle. The serpent's eye is open, as is its mouth.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juan axoque

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Axoquen

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Mouth/Beak Open
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Rope, cord
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
L-shapes
profile view
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

tools, herramientas, agricultura, animales, cabezas

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

axoquen, agricultural tool with an animal head, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/axoquen

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Coa con Mango Zoomorfo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Edgar Nebot García (see dictionary entry for axoquen)

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 592r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=263&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

huictli (Mdz64r)

Tehuic (MH563r)

Tetl Ihuic (MH552r)