Tequitlato (MH580v)

Tequitlato (MH580v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or title Tequitlato (or Tequitlhato, with the glottal stop) (“Tribute Collector") is attested here as a title held by a man. The glyph consists of speech scrolls coming out of the man's mouth and extending toward the viewer's right. Three scrolls stretch out horizontally, two curling upward and one curling downward.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

While the speech scrolls could refer to this man's work as he collects tributes, the scrolls more likely serve as the phonetic indicator for the verb tlatoa/tlahtoa, to speak, which is close to the ending of the title, -tlato. The tequi- part of the title is not shown visually.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

anto^o.teguitlato

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Tequitlato

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:

title/office

phonetic dimensions

personal name

Syntax:

noun(s)

verb

visible sound

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Occupations

Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)

Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

facing right

horizontal

profile view

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

volute(s)

Keywords:

tributes, tributos, bosses, jefes, trabajo, labor, taxation, impuestos, tlatoa

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

tequitlato, tribute boss at the barrio level, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tequitlato
tlatoa, to speak, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatoa

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

El Tequitlato (título y oficio)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 580r, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=239&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:

"g" for c, q, or x

Historical Contextualizing Image: