Tlaocal (MH796v)

Tlaocal (MH796v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlaocal (perhaps “Maize Storage House” or perhaps Tlaocol, “Sad” or “Piteous”) is attested here as a woman’s name. The glyph shows something that looks more like two front teeth (tlantli) than a storage building. If so, the teeth are a phonetic indicator. The reliable decipherment of this glyph requires further research.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Another Tlaocal glyph (MH796r) shows four similar elements to these two. Again, they may be teeth, for the phonetic indication of tla- (from tlantli). The similarity between these two glyphs does push the reading of Tlaocal for this glyph instead of Tlaocol.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

angathā tlaocal (or tlaocol?)

Gloss Normalization: 

Ágata Tlaocal (or Tlaocol)

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
phonetic dimensions
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Architecture, Construction, Buildings
Corn, Maize
Gender (female)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
Keywords: 

maíz, arquitectura, edificios, faldas, dientes, tristeza, nombres de mujeres

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

tlaocalco, a maize storage house, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaocalco
tlan(tli), teeth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlantli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Granja Para Maíz

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 796v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=667&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
intrusive "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tlaocal (MH796r)

Cuenel (MH529r)

Cuexope (MH628v)

Tepoztli Icue (MH557v)