Tepoloa (MH549v)

Tepoloa (MH549v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tepoloa ("To Defeat in War," attested here as a man's name) could be a shortened version of the word tepoloani (see the dictionary link). It is a man walking and looking toward the viewer's right, but his body is in a frontal view. In his right hand he hold a sword raised up. In his left hand he holds a round, Indigenous war shield, decorated with four half-circles connected to the perimeter of the circle, and a small round circle at the center. The man wears no shoes. His tunic appears to be of a European style, with a belt at the waist and longish with a short, flared bottom part (possibly trunk hose?).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Swords were introduced by Europeans. Nahuas had the maccuahuitl, a club studded with obsidian blades, flint knives, and bows and arrows. The shield shown here is similar to the one shown in the glyph for Chimalpopoca in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco. See also the two men facing off in a sword battle in the glyph for the personal name, Cochilla.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tepollovan

Gloss Normalization: 

Tepolohuan

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Other Cultural Influences: 
Keywords: 

victors, ganadores, conquistadores, espadas, escudos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Vencedor en la Guerra

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 
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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