Tozan (MH624v)

Tozan (MH624v)
Simplex Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tozan ("Gopher") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a profile view of a gopher sitting up with his paws reaching forward a bit. The animal is a dark gray or black. It has a short tail.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss or Text Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals: Mice/Rats/Gophers
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

gophers, roedores, tuzas, animales, nombres de hombres, men's names

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

tozan, gopher, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tozan

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Tuza

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 624v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=331&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: 
"ç" for z or tz
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

tozan (TR41v)

tozan (TR46r)

Tozan (MH490v)

Tozan (MH515r)

Tozan (MH495v)

Tozan (MH504v)

Tozan (MH642r)

tozan (FCbk11f17v)