Tlatlaz (MH841r)

Tlatlaz (MH841r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlatlaz (perhaps “He Threw”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a seated, naked man. His right knee is bent up, his arms are reaching forward, and his ribs are pronounced. It is unclear whether he threw something, as the verb tlatlaza would suggest? He seems needy and vulnerable, the way some other figures who are unclothed or skinny can appear.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

There is a tlatlazaliztli ceremony involving the casting of food, as attested in our Online Nahuatl Dictionary. Since this man appears hungry, one wonders whether the visible ribs are intended to underscore this food ceremony and help bring the name Tlatlaz to mind.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

peo. tlatlaz

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Tlatlaz

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

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

tirar, lanzar, arrojar, desnudez, hambre, nombres de hombres

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

tlatlaza, to throw, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatlaza
tlatlazaliztli, a ceremony involving the casting of food, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlatlazaliztli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

El Arrojó

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 841r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=756&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Atle Itilma (MH776v)

Tzicuil (MH536r)

Tzicuil (MH555r)