Ticomecatl (MH761v)

Ticomecatl (MH761v)
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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound fully logographic
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
shading and parallel line hatching
three-dimensionality
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
upward
Keywords: 

cerámica, jarros, sogas, cuerdas, 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 761v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=601&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: 

Ticomecatl (MH650v)