Techin (Verg7r)

Techin (Verg7r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Techin (perhaps "Stone Enclosure" or "Stony Chinamitl," attested here as a man’s name) shows a vertical stone (tetl), with the usual, curling ends and stripes across the middle. Above the stone is a square with some designs (curving lines and dots) that could point to a maize cob from an agricultural parcel (chinamitl). On either side of this cob are what may be flames, and so perhaps the chinamitl is on fire (tlachinolli), which would provide another "chin" element.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The analysis is tentative for this compound, which has potential logograms and phonograms contributing to the reading. Therefore, the translations are also very tentative. But the potential semantic reading of corn cob is supported by Cen Icuic example from the Codex Vergara (folio 17 verso), below. In turn, the Cen Icuic from 10 recto of that manuscript clarifies the reading of the corn cob on 17v.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

po. techin

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Techin

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

piedras, flamas, chia, chinampas, fuegos, incendios, maíz, milpa

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Muro de Piedra, o Sementera Pedregosa (?)

Image Source: 
Image Source, Rights: 

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