comitl (MH484r)

comitl (MH484r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This element for an upright ceramic pot or jug (comitl) has been carved from the compound glyph for the personal name Chicon (see below). The glyph is a black line drawing of a vessel with a round body, a more narrow neck, and small handles.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

In the original compound, this glyph played a phonetic role, but here we want to show it as a simplex logogram.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
phonetic dimensions
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Art, Design, Crafts, etc.
Ceramics, Pottery
Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils
Numbers, Math
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
curving, curvy, curved
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

cerámica, barro, cántaros, ollas, jugs, pots, pottery

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

comitl, ceramic pot or jub, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/comitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

la olla

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 484r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=47&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).

Orthography: 
"p" for b, u, or v
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Chicon (MH484r)

Tetzcoco (TR26v)

Tlilhuicol (MH602r)

Oxihuacan (MH625v)