Tepane (MH880r)

Tepane (MH880r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tepane (perhaps “He Has Someone On Him”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what appear to be two men in close proximity. The one on the right is face down, and his hair is flying backwards, perhaps as though he was pushed down. The other one is behind and seemingly coming onto his back (calling forth tepan, on someone). The one behind has his right arm forward, as though grabbing the man going down. The -e suffix (a possessive) is not obviously shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This glyph is probably most closely related to Tepanonoc (below). They both might point to activities of gay men. But they could also refer to fighting or wrestling.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

po. tepane

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Tepane

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)
possessive pronoun (no-, to-, i-, etc.)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Sexuality, Fertility
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

cercanía personal, combate, lucha, sexo, sexualidad, homosexualidad, encima de alguien, nombres de hombres

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

tepan onoc, an infamous person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepan-onoc
tepan, on another person, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepan
onoc, laid out, lying down, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/onoc
yetepan onoc, publicly known, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/yetepan-onoc

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Tiene a Alguien Encima

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 880r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=832&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: 

Tepantemoc (MH813r)

Tepanonoc (MH869v)

Tepan (MH520r)