Ocoman (MH704r)

Ocoman (MH704r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ocoman (perhaps “Where There is Fatwood” or “In the Manner of Fatwood”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of an ocote (torch pine or fatwood) tree. It has four branches. Needles run along these branches, and at the end of each branch is a pinecone. At the base of the trunk are a few thin lines that suggest roots. At that spot there is also a right hand (maitl) at an angle. This hand serves as a phonetic indicator that the name ends in -man.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Ocoman could possibly be a place name that is the place of origin of the tribute payer, if the -man comes from mani that refers to location. Otherwise, it comes from the mani, in the manner of. See below for some other examples of ocotl trees and one where a fatwood torch is being used to set fire to a temple.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pedro hocomā

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Ocoman

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
frontal view
profile view
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

árboles, pinos, antorchas, manos, indicación fonética, nombres de hombres

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

oco(tl), torch pine or fatwood, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ocotl
mani, to be located at, -man(i), in the manner of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mani
-man(i), in the manner of, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mani-1

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Lugar Donde Se Encuentra Ocote, o A Manera del Ocote

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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

ocotl (Chav4)

ocotl (Mdz39r)

ocotl (Mdz10r)

tepehualiztli (TR29r)