Itztepetl (MH794v)

Itztepetl (MH794v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Itztepetl (“Obsidian Blade Hill”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a small mountain or hill (tepetl) with a black, rectangular, vertical piece of obsidian (itztli) on top.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

While these elements might suggest a place name, the glyph is used here as a personal name. The name does not have a locative suffix, either.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

barthasal ytztepetl

Gloss Normalization:

Baltazar Itztepetl

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:

place name

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully logographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Names (places)

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

obsidiana, cerros, montañas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

itz(tli), obsidian blade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Cerro de la Hoja de Obsidiana

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 794v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=663&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).

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