Tlaocol (MH796v)

Tlaocol (MH796v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlaocol (perhaps “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 that the name begins with "Tla-." The reliable decipherment of this glyph requires further research.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

angathā tlaocol

Gloss/Text Normalization:

Ágata Tlaocol

Gloss/Text 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 possibilities

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Anatomy, human body parts

Emotions

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):

tlan(tli), teeth, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlantli
tlaocol(li), sadness, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlaocolli

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"

intrusive overbar

Historical Contextualizing Image: