Tlanicontlan (Chav6)

Tlanicontlan (Chav6)
Compound Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the place name Tlanicontlan. The glyph requires decipherment, but the -con- part of the word is represented phonetically by the ceramic jug (comitl). The jug has shaping that makes it three-dimensional. Coming out of the top of the jug is a horizontally striped flag of the type that may relate to the festival of Panquetzaliztli. It is rectangular and upright, on a post, and it has two smaller banners curving off the top to the left. These little banners also have horizontal stripes. The locative suffix (-tlan) is not shown visually.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

tlaNicontlan

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Tlanicontlan

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Chavero, Codex (Chav)

Date of Manuscript:

1578

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla, Mexico

Semantic Categories:

phonetic dimensions

place name

Syntax:

syllable: co/con/com (from comitl, pot/jug)

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Flags, banners

Names (places)

Pottery, Earthenware

Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

shading and parallel line hatching

striped

three-dimensionality

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

banderas, cerámica, nombres de lugares, topónimos, earthenware, ceramic, ceramics, cerámicas, jug, pot, olla, jarra, jarro, vessel, vessels, vasija de cerámica, cántaro, cántaros, xoctli, xoctepi, huicolli, atlacuihuani, tecomitl, tecontontli, apilolli

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

com(itl), ceramic jug, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/comitl
-tlan, by; among; in; to; between, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlan

Image Source:

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_03246_001/?sp=6

Image Source, Rights:

The Codex Chavero of Huexotzinco (or Códice Chavero de Huexotzinco) is held by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México. It is published online by the World Digital Library and the Library of Congress, which is “unaware of any copyright or other restrictions in the World Digital Library Collection.”