Tetepexihui (MH883v)

Tetepexihui (MH883v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tetepexihui (perhaps “He Threw People Off Cliffs”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a mountain (tepetl) and, in front of the mountain toward the bottom, a semi-horizontal naked body that appears to be falling, apparently having been thrown from the top (involving the verb, tepexihuia). His arms and legs are extended. It is difficult to determine whether his visible eye is closed or open.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This is a violent act, and this glyph is unique in this collection.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

antp. tetepexihui

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Tetepexihui

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: 
reduplication (in gloss/text)
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Death, decay, decomposition
Gender (male)
Landscape Features
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Nudity
War or Conflict
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

tirar gente desde un acantilado, nombres de hombres

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

tepexihuia, to throw people or someone off a cliff, or to jump off a cliff, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepexihuia
tetepexihuia, to throw people off mountain cliffs, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetepexihuia

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Tiró Gente del Acantillado

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 883v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=839&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).

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