Chilatl (MH905v)

Chilatl (MH905v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Chilatl (“Chile Water” or “Chile Beverage”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows an upright chile pepper (chilli) with a stem. The point is upward. Below the chile is swirling water (atl) with lines of current (movement).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The water as shown is not a beverage, so perhaps it is a phonetic indicator for the water in the beverage. The footprint in the contextualizing image suggests that this man has left the pueblo, likely seeking relief from the growing tribute demands that came from the loss of neighbors to epidemic disease.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

anto. chilatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Chilatl

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
phonetic possibilities
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Beverages
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

chiles, agua, remolinos, bebidas, nombres de hombres

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

chila(tl), chile water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chilatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Agua de Chile o Aguachil

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 905v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=883&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: 

Chilatl (MH895r)