Otlicahuetztoc (MH671r)

Otlicahuetztoc (MH671r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Otlicahuetztoc ("Fallen by the Road") is attested here as a man’s name. It is a man in a profile view, facing the viewer’s left, on the ground or on his back next to a road, having fallen down. The fallen body suggests the verb huetzi, and the road (otli) is shown as two vertical and alternating footprints (suggesting movement). The person’s visible eye is closed, so perhaps he is deceased. The -toc suffix (went to do), suggests purposive action.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

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Writing Features: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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Keywords: 

caerse, camino, verbo, pretérito, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Caído al Lado del Camino

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 671r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=422&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).

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