Tlalli (MH529v)

Tlalli (MH529v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlalli ("Land" or “Agricultural Parcel,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a bird's eye view of a circular piece of agricultural land. The area inside the circle is dotted, suggesting that it has been planted or otherwise worked. The lines outside the circle, at the bottom, see to be scribal excess.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

It is somewhat rare to have a hieroglyph for a piece of land that is circular. Usually, in this collection, they are square or rectangular.

Added Analysis, 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: 
noun(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Agriculture, Gardens, Stockraising
Gender (male)
Land Parcels, Use, Issues
Landscape Features
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
dotted, granular, textured
bird's eye view
Keywords: 

lands, parcels, tierras, agricultura, tenencia de la tierra, terrenos, sementeras

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

tlal(li), land, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/e

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

La Tierra, o La Sementera

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 529v, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=138&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: 

tlalli (Mdz30r)

tlalli (Mdz44r)

Tlalli (MH640v)