Telpoch (MH871r)

Telpoch (MH871r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Telpoch (perhaps “Son”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a standing young man facing the viewer’s right. The positioning of his legs may suggest that he is walking. His arm or arms are somewhat out in front of him. He wears some kind of billowy pants down his thigh.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

For such a common noun (telpochtli, it is surprising that this is the first glyph of its kind to enter this database (February 2025), with over 6K records. We do have representations of Huei Pochtlan and Opochtli. About the “poch” element that they all share, In her unpublished essay (shared with me) reviewing the work of Berdan and Anawalt in deciphering place names in the Codex Mendoza, Frances Karttunen adds this in her notes: "There seems to be a morpheme in ichpo:ch- 'young woman' and telpo:ch- 'young man' that may also occur in the deity names o:po:ch- and hui:zilo:po:ch-. It forms its plural by reduplication: po:po:ch-; cf. telpo:po:chtin 'young men' rather than simply tel.po:chtin.”

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

martin telpoch

Gloss Normalization: 

Martín Telpoch

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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: 
Aging (People, Animals, Things)
Anatomy, human body parts
Family, Kinship, even Friendship
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Nudity
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing right
profile view
Keywords: 

hijos, muchachos, jóvenes, guerreros jóvenes, nombres de hombres

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

telpoch(tli), son, young man, a youth, a young warrior, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/telpochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Hijo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 871r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=814&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: 

Huei Pochtlan (Mdz29r)

Opochtli (MH842r)