Pesoitta (MH490r)

Pesoitta (MH490r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or occupational reference, Pexoitta, shows a Roman-type scale for weighing goods. It has a horizontal line with a rounded cup suspended from each end. Each cup is held by three strings.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Weight is peso in Spanish, which is the root of this Nahuatlized reference to a scale. The remainder of the word could be the verb itta, to see, possibly referring to the occupation of overseeing the weighing of goods or a visual rendering to see if two quantities can bring a balance.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

antonio pexoyta

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Pesoitta (or Peso Itta)

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzinco, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
verb
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils
Money, Coins, Prices
Occupations
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
horizontal
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

weigh, pesar, la pesa, la balanza, la escala, ver, Pesoitta, Pesoita, tlaoctacatiloni

Museum & Rare Book Comparisons: 
Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

peso, weight, or a Spanish coin, worth eight reales, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/peso
itta, to see, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/itta

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 490r, World Digital Library. https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=59&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: 

Cuapeso (MH579v)

itta (Mdz63r)

Quimottili (MH638v)

tlaoctacatiloni (FCbk10f52r)