Chali (MH775v)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chali (perhaps "Introduced" or "Inaugurated") is attested here as a man's name. It is the sign for jade (chalchihuitl), which serves here as a phonetic indicator. The jade sign consists here of five circles--a large one in the middle and four smaller ones radiating around the big one. The large one has a tiny circle in the middle of it, making it look like a jade bead. Interspersed around and between the four perimeter circles are dots, which add a radiance to the gem.
Stephanie Wood
peo. challi
Pedro Chali
Stephanie Wood
1560
Jeff Haskett-Wood
estrenar, inaugurar, jade, chalchihuites, nombres de hombres
chalchihui(tl), jade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchihuitl
chalia, inaugurate, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalia
Estrenado
Stephanie Wood
Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 775v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=625&st=image
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