Temazatl (Verg11r)

Temazatl (Verg11r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Temazatl (“Roe Deer,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of the head of a deer (mazatl) facing toward the viewer's right. It has two three-point antlers. Its coat is textured. Below the deer is an upright stone (tetl) with the usual curling ends and wavy diagonal stripes across the middle. The stone provides the phonetic indicator that tells the reader this is a certain type of deer, the word starting with "Te-."

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The temazatl is a type of small deer with unique, "unbranched" antlers, even though the antlers here do appear to be branched.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā. te maçatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Temazatl

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1539

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

near Tepetlaoztoc, near Tetzcoco

Semantic Categories: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
Keywords: 

venado, corzos, piedras

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

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

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Corzo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 
Image Source, Rights: 

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