Ticomecatl (MH650v)

Ticomecatl (MH650v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Ticomecatl is attested here as a man's name. The glyph includes a ceramic vessel (comitl) with a narrowing neck and a handle on each side. Coming out of the top of the vessels are two ends of rope (mecatl). It is likely that these are phonetic indicators.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories:

personal name

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

compound fully phonographic

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Ceramics, Pottery

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Rope, cord

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

curving, curvy, curved

frontal view

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

upward

Keywords:

cerámica, cántaros, ollas, barro, sogas, cordones, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

Ticomecatl, name of a famous person associated with the foundation of Tenochtitlan, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ticomecatl
meca(tl), cord or rope, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mecatl
comi(tl), a ceramic jug or pot, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/comitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

(nombre de un tecuhtli famoso)

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 650v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=383&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: