Tlatlaz (MH771r)

Tlatlaz (MH771r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlatlaz ("He Threw") is attested here as a man's name. It shows an arm with a right hand at the end. Something is held in the hand, likely about to be thrown (the verb tlatlaza).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

barthasal tlatlaz

Gloss Normalization: 

Baltazar Tlatlaz

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing left
profile view
Keywords: 

arrojar, lanzar, brazo, mano, nombres de hombres, petate maker

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

tlatlaza, to throw something, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatlaza

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Arrojó Algo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 771r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=616&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: 
"l" for r
"r" for l
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Temayahui (MH543r)