Tlaltecahua (MH499v)

Tlaltecahua (MH499v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlaltecahua (here, attested as a man’s name or perhaps his ethnicity) shows a bird's eye view of a large, horizontal rectangular piece of land (tlalli) with subdivisions. The parcel involve two partitions, creating three strips. The middle strip has texturing, which may suggest cultivation. The glyph for land provides the phonetic start to the ethnic label Tlaltecahua (or, Tlaltecahuaque, in the plural). No other visuals enter into the other parts of the word.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The Tlaltecahuaque are mentioned by Wimmer (2004), who is cited in the Gran Diccionario del Nahuatl, https://gdn.iib.unam.mx/diccionario/tlaltecahuaque.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

domīgo
tlaltecahuā

Gloss Normalization: 

Domingo Tlaltecahua (or Tlaltecahuan)

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories: 
Syntax: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

lands, tierras, etnicidades, ethnicities

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Tlaltecahua

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 499v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=78&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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