Milacatl (MH490r)

Milacatl (MH490r)
Simplex Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex personal name Milacatl (perhaps "Reed Field" or "Cane Field") involves a rectangular parcel of land (a milli) with sets of parallel, vertical lines across it. These would appear to indicate reeds (acatl), or perhaps furrows, which would be appropriate, too, given that the milli was farmed. If so, then the acatl (reeds, canes) would serve a phonetic function.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

In older glyphs, a milli could be textured with dots and u's, much like a tlalli, and those may relate to agricultural activities on the land. It this name is indeed spelled Millacatl, it could refer to a person (tlacatl) of the milli (field).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription: 

matheo millacatl

Gloss/Text Normalization: 

Matheo Milacatl or Mateo Millacatl

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
phonetic possibilities
Syntax: 
noun(s)
syllables/two: aca (from acatl, reed)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stock Raising
Gender (male)
Land Parcels, Use, Issues
Occupations
Cultural Content, Credit: 

José Aguayo-Barragán and Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
bird's eye view
rectangular
right angle(s)
striped
Keywords: 

milpas, agricultural parcels

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

mil(li), agricultural parcel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/milli
aca(tl), reed or cane, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acatl
tlaca(tl)>, a person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacatl

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 490r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=59&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
intrusive "l"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Coatl Imilpa (CQ)

milli (Mdz6r)

tlalli (Mdz30r)