Tlamin (MH647v)

Tlamin (MH647v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name or role, Tlamin ("Archer"), is attested here as a man's name. It shows a bow in a horizontal position. A vertical arrow points upward from the bow. This glyph can refer to the verb, tlamina, to shoot arrows, or tlaminqui, one who shoots arrows. In either case, the term is slightly truncated.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

matheo tlami~

Gloss Normalization: 

Mateo Tlamin

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

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)
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Hunting and Fishing
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Occupations
Technology (all types), plus Tools
War or Conflict
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
pointed (see also spiky)
vertical, upright
Keywords: 

bows, arrows, arcos y flechas, cazar, guerra, armas, oficios, nombres de hombres

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

tlamina, to shoot arrows, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlamina
tlaminqui, one who shoots with a bow and arrow, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaminqui
mi(tl), arrow or dart, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Él Que Dispara Con Arco y Flecha

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 647r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=377&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).

Orthography: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tlahuitolli (Mdz66r)

tochmotla (TR26r) (eg1)

Tlahuitol (MH530v)

Chichimeca (Azca9)