Eptli (MH560r)

Eptli (MH560r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Eptli (“Oyster Shell,” attested here as a man’s name) shows what seems to be an oyster shell, perhaps in a bird's eye view. It has two parts, both curved, and so it may be an open shell.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

diego eptli

Gloss Normalization: 

Diego Eptli

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Marine, Maritime, Lacustrine
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Shells
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
bird's eye view
Keywords: 

shells, conchas, oysters, ostiones, ocean, sea, mar, animals

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

ep(tli), shell, oyster, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/eptli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Concha, u Ostia del Mar

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 560r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=199&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: 

cuechtli (Mdz44r)

ilacatztli (MH485r)

cilin (Mdz12r)