Tememe (MH667v)

Tememe (MH667v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or occupation, Tememe (“Human Carrier”), is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph shows a man with his knees bent and a smaller person climbing onto his back (or already riding on his back). The human carrier wears only a loincloth (visible by the waistband only). The smaller individual appears to be nude.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The glyphs for intlacamama (below) and tlamama show a frame for carrying people and goods, but the tememe is not using a frame here. Cacaxtli is one name for a carrying frame. In other images below referring to carrying (mama, which can also be spelled meme), one can see a cloth bundle and a woven mat (petlatl).

Added Analysis, 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)
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Labor Issues
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Nudity
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

cargar, individuos, personas, oficios, nombres de hombres

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

te- (nonspecific human object prefix), people, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/te

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Portador de Personas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 667v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=415&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).

Orthography: 
"e" for a
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Intlacamama (MH617v)

tlamama (Osu10v)

tlamama (TR41v)

mama (Azca11)

centecpantli (Osu12v)