Tecon (MH736r)

Tecon (MH736r)
Simplex Glyph

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 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: 
Ceramics, Pottery
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

cerámica, jarras, recipientes, nombres de hombres

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)