Chalcatequitl (MH871v)

Chalcatequitl (MH871v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chalcatequitl (perhaps “Chalca Work”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a piece of jadeite or green stone or bead (chalchcihuitl), with its quincunx shape, including four evenly spaced small circles around the larger circle’s perimeter (which may imply shimmer or vibrance). Cutting vertically across the front of the jadeite is an agricultural tool that stands for work or labor that might be provided as a tribute requirement (tequitl).

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Many glyphs ending in -tequitl have a tool such as this one, including about half of the Nentequitl glyphs and the Cihuatequitl example, below.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

estepā chalcateq~tl

Gloss Normalization:

Esteban Chalcatequitl

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

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Labor Issues

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Tributes, Taxation, Service

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

quincunx or quatrefoil

shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

back to front

Keywords:

jades, piedras verdes, los Chalca, los de Chalco, trabajo, tributos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Chalca, the people of Chalcoonhttps://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/Chalca
tequi(tl), work, labor, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Trabajo de los Chalca

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 871v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=815&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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