Tzoncotl (MH676v)

Tzoncotl (MH676v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tzoncotl is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a bound bundle (perhaps of grasses) that represents 400 (tzontli). Above the bundle is a curling shape (undeciphered, but something like colli). It would seem that these two elements are both phonetic indicators for the term tzoncotl, which has yet to be translated.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The bundle representing 400 has a design at the middle that is very reminiscent of such signs in codices from Huexotzinco. Some research remains to be done for this glyph.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss 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)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tied, bound, or bundled
curving, curvy, curved
frontal view
Keywords: 

cuatrocientos, números, zacate, palos, crespo, rizo, bucle, nombres de hombres

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

tzon(tli), 400 or hair, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli
tlaco(tl), a stick or a staff, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlacotl
col(li), a bent or twisted thing, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/colli

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 676v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=433&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: 

tzontli (Chav1)

tzontli (Chav1)

Tzompan (MH652v)