Tozan (MH624v)
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
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Date of Manuscript:
1560
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Cultural Content, Credit:
Jeff Haskett-Wood
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Keywords:
gophers, roedores, tuzas, animales, nombres de hombres
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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).
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