olli (MH533r)

olli (MH533r)
Element from a Compound

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This glyphic element of olli (rubber) has been carved from the compound glyph of the personal name Olin ("Movement"). It shows what seems to be a cross-section of rubber ball that has a white layer on the outside. In the original compound, this olli is a phonetic complement to olin, its near homophone. But separated out like this, the olli here is just a logogram.

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
homophony, rebus
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Rubber
Sports, Games, Leisure
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Keywords: 

rubber balls, pelotas de hule

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

ol(li), rubber, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/olli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 533r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=145&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).

See Also: 

Olin (MH533r)

Olli (MH591r)

Olli (MH593r)

olli (HJ276:79:6r)