Cuentla (MH704r)

Cuentla (MH704r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Cuentla (perhaps “Abundant Furrows”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a rectangular piece of land divided into four horizontal furrows (cuemitl) with markings that seem to suggest cultivation.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The -tla (abundance) suffix could also be -tlan (near), and the final “n” has inadvertently dropped away. Either way, this personal name that appears to be a place name could refer to the place of origin of this tribute payer. See some other cuemitl glyphs below. They do vary.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

anto. Cuetla

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Cuentla (or Cuentlan)

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Gender (male)
Land Parcels, Use, Issues
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
horizontal
rectangular
Keywords: 

tierras, sementeras, surcos, abundancia, cuadro, rectángulo, rayas horizontales, nombres de hombres

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

cuem(itl), field, furrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuemitl
-tla, place of abundance of something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tla-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Abundancia de Surcos

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 704r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=486&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: 
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Cuenpa (MH669r)

cuemitl (MH497v)

Cuemicuilo (MH514r)

Cuencuech (MH714r)