Cazmal (MH666v)

Cazmal (MH666v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cazmal is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what appears to be a curving hand that holds a stick or some other kind of device. The hand may provide the phonetic indication for the -ma- part of the name. But the decipherment of this glyph remains elusive.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Compare this glyph with two other examples of Cazmal glyphs, below. They are all very different.

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: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

manos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 666v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=413&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: 

Cazmal (MH564r)

Cazmal (MH813r)