Tepoz (MH486v)

Tepoz (MH486v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph for the personal name Tepoz (from tepoztli, copper/metal) shows an ax head at an angle, leaning toward the right. The large edge is rounded. The narrow end has markings as though it is tied onto a handle, but the handle is not there.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

franco tepoz

Gloss Normalization: 

Francisco Tepoz

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Metals, Minerals, Mining
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
Keywords: 

axes, hatchets, hachas, metales, cobre

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

tepoz(tli), copper, metal, ax, hatchet, or other object made of metal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepoztli.

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Cobre

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 486r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=ths53&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: 

tepoztli (Mdz8r)

tepoztli (Mdz24v)

tepoztli (Mdz41r)

tepoztli (CST28)