Poyoma (MH543r)

Poyoma (MH543r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Poyoma (“A Rose-Like Flower” or a "Hallucinogenic Flower," attested here as a man’s name) shows a curling plant shoot possibly with petals. The full term for the flower-like a rose is poyomatl. Alternatively, the name could refer to the poyon flower, also attested as a name, and seemingly related to a substance that is hallucinogenic or intoxicating. (See below.)

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

pabro poyoma

Gloss Normalization: 

Pablo Poyoma

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Fire, Tobacco, Incense, Smoke
Flowers
Gender (male)
Intoxicating drugs, hallucinogens
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Sensory Perception
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
Keywords: 

drugs, drogas, flowers, flores, hallucinogenic, alucinógeno, poyon, poyoma, poyomahtli

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

poyoma(tl), flower like a rose, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyomatl
poyomah(tli), hallucinogenic drug mixture to drink or smoke, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyomahtli
poyon, a narcotic, a hallucinogen, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/poyon

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 543r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=165&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).

Orthography: 
"r" for l
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Poyon (MH567v)

Poyon (MH622r)

Poyon (MH761v)

Quetzalpoyoma (MH736r)

nanacatl (HJ276:79:pt3:242r)

Poyon (MH679r)