Chalchiuhtepehua (MH764r)

Chalchiuhtepehua (MH764r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Chalchiuhtepehua (perhaps, “Possessor of Jade Mountain”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a hill or mountain (tepetl) of the variety seen in some representations, with what looks to be something like a cave that is the shape of a womb. [See, for example, the first destination after leaving Aztlan in the Codex Boturini.] The cave has shading that gives it a depth. Below and partially obscuring the base of the hill and cave is a single, oval-shaped, large jade or greenstone (chalchihuitl) bead on a twisted cord.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Aside from literal translations, which can be unreliable, it is important to know that Chalchiuhtepehua was the name or title of a priest involved in human sacrifice after battles. If the -hua is not a possessive, and the verb tepehua (to throw down or defeat) is intended, then the translation might be "jade conquers." Thus, this compound could be fully or partially phonetic.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

diego chalchiuhtepehua

Gloss Normalization:

Diego Chalchiuhtepehua

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic possibilities

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

undetermined yet

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Gifts, Offerings, Sacrifice

Jewelry, Crowns, or other Adornment

Landscape Features

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Religion (Indigenous)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

shading and parallel line hatching

three-dimensionality

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

jade, piedras verdes, cuentas, cuerdas, cordones, cerros, montañas, cuevas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Chalchiuhtepehua, a minister involved in human sacrifice, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchiuhtepehua
chalchihui(tl), jade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchihuitl
tepe(tl), hill or mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepetl
-hua (singular possessive suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Tiene la Montaña de Jade

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 764r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=606&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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