Tepozmeca (MH545r)

Tepozmeca (MH545r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tepozmeca ("Chain," attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of an upright metal chain with three or four connected links.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The literal translation for Tepozmeca is "metal-rope." The chain would seem to be a European introduction, although the Nahuas had the technology to make very elaborate metal jewelry in the autonomous era.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

benito tepozmeca

Gloss Normalization: 

Benito Tepozmeca

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

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

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
vertical, upright
Other Cultural Influences: 
Spanish/European
Keywords: 

cadenas, chains

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

tepoz(tli), metal, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepoztli
meca(tl), rope, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Cadena

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 545r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=169&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: 

mecatl (Mdz66r)