Temazatl (MH613r)

Temazatl (MH613r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Temazatl ("Red Deer") is attested here as a man's name. It shows the head of a deer in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. It has antlers, its teeth are visible, its tongue is protruding, and its coat is darker than usual (perhaps suggesting red). Above the head of the deer (mazatl) is a stone (tetl), which provides the phonetic indicator for the start of the name, Te-. Either an error or a rather hidden object is the tecpatl (flint knife) on a pedestal that is barely visible by the deer's ear.

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Stones, Rocks, Lapidary, Masonry
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Tongue Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
striped
spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling
diagonal or angled
dotted, granular, textured
profile view
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
downward
Keywords: 

deer, venado, cuernos, astas, lengua, piedras, nombres de hombres

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

temaza(tl), a red deer, a brocket or roe deer with unusual antlers, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/temazatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Corzo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 613r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=308&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: 

Temazatl (Verg11r)