Contla (MH526v)

Contla (MH526v)
Simplex Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph of a ceramic jug (comitl) stands for the place name Contla, a place with abundant ceramic jugs or pots. The suffix -tla (place of abundance) is not shown visually. The dark shading on the right side of the jug gives it three-dimensionality, which suggests a stylistic European influence.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Notice how most pots in this collection do not have shading. Several examples of pots appear below.

The contextualizing image shows that this place is referred to as a barrio in Spanish.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
place name
Syntax: 
locative (not visual)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils
Names (places)
Pottery, Earthenware
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
shading and parallel line hatching
three-dimensionality
vertical, upright
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

ceramics, pottery, barro, cantaros, nombres de lugares, topónimos, place names, earthenware, ceramic, ceramics, cerámicas, jug, pot, olla, jarra, jarro, vessel, vessels, vasija de cerámica, cántaro, cántaros, xoctli, xoctepi, huicolli, atlacuihuani, tecomitl, tecontontli, apilolli

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

com(itl), ceramic jug, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/comitl
-tla, place of abundance of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tla-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Contla (Lugar de Muchas Jarras)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 526v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=132&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: 

Contlan (Mdz21v)

comitl (Mdz13v)

comitl (Mdz21v)

comitl (MH484r)

comitl (TR26v)