Opochtli (MH826r)

Opochtli (MH826r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Opochtli (perhaps “Left-Handed”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the lower half of a man’s body. It is the left (opochtli) side, shown in profile, facing the viewer’s left. At the site of his buttocks there is a large black dot, perhaps meant to bring attention to his rear end and the fact that he is a young man (telpochtli), as a phonetic complement to the name.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The phonetic component of this name is just speculation. Perhaps there is another explanation; suggestions would be appreciated. The “o” at the start of Opochtli was originally missing in the gloss. Someone else made the correction in a blacker ink. The reason for dropping that “o” originally may be because the first name (Francisco) ends with an “o.”

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

fraco opochtli

Gloss Normalization: 

Francisco Opochtli

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

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

mano izquierda, nalgas, jóven, nombres de hombres

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

opoch(tli), left or left-handed, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/opochtli
telpoch(tli), a young man, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/telpochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Zurdo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 826r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=726&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: 

Opochtli (MH545v)

Opochtli (MH677r)

Huitzilopochco (Mdz20r)