Tetloc (MH498r)

Tetloc (MH498r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tetloc (perhaps "Near Someone") is attested here as a man's name. It shows two black beans side by side. The beans seem to imply a semantic meaning of being nearby. The bean (etl) can also provide a phonetic sound for the vowel "e," but it would be more likely that a stone (tetl) would provide the start to the name, Te-.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
adverb
noun(s)
indefinite "te"
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
bird's eye view
oval (see also leaf shaped)
Keywords: 

nombres de hombres

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

tetloc, next to someone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetloc

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 498r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=75&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: 

Tenahuac (MH497r)