Tecon (MH736r)

Tecon (MH736r)
Simplex Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecon (“Jug”) is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a possibly ceramic pitcher in profile, facing toward the viewer’s left. It has a large curving handle on the right, a pointed spout, and a bulbous body.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
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: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Pottery, Earthenware
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

cerámica, jarras, recipientes, nombres de hombres, ollas, earthenware, ceramic, ceramics, cerámicas, jug, pot, olla, jarra, jarro, vessel, vessels, vasija de cerámica, cántaro, cántaros, xoctli, xoctepi, huicolli, atlacuihuani, tecomitl, tecontontli, apilolli

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

tecomi(tl), a jug, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecomitl-1
teconton(tli), a small jug, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecontontli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Jarra

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 736r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=550&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: 

tecomatl (Mdz47r)

Zoquitecon (MH658v)

atlacuihuani (TK214v)