Momoz (MH815v)

Momoz (MH815v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Momoz (perhaps “Platform” or “Boundary Marker”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a square structure with a foundation. Perhaps this is a platform or raised altar (momoztli).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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: 
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

arquitectura, cimientos, altares elevados, plataformas

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

momoz(tli), a platform, raised altar, or boundary marker, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/momoztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Plataforma, o Altar Elevado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 815v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=705&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: 

texinqui (MH489r)

Temilo (MH482v)

Tetlacuilol (MH486v)

Tetlacuilo (MH616r)