Telpozolli (MH875r)

Telpozolli (MH875r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Telpozolli (perhaps “Young Warrior in Bad Condition”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows the head of a man with somewhat long hair. The gloss suggests a young man or young warrior (telpochtli) who is worn out or in bad shape (-zolli).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Perhaps the idea behind the name is that the young warrior had seen too many battles.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juo. telpoçolli

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Telpozolli

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Shapes and Perspectives: 
Keywords: 

guerra, guerreros, desgastados, nombres de hombres

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

telpoch(tli), son, young man, young warrior, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/telpoch
-zolli, old, worn out, in bad condition, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zolli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Guerrero Jóven Desgastado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 875r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=822&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).

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