Tzone (MH628v)

Tzone (MH628v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tzone (perhaps "Possessor of Hair" or "Possessor of 400") is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a bundle of hair (tzontli) that is tied in the middle. Or perhaps it is a bundle sticks or other things that were counted and bundled when the quantity was as large as 400 (tzontli). The possessive suffix -e is not shown visually.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

peDro
tzone

Gloss Normalization: 

Pedro Tzone

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: 
numbers
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
possessive pronoun
possessor suffix (-e)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Hair (human or animal)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Numbers, Math
Plants, Flora
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
tied, bound, or bundled
vertical, upright
frontal view
linear or multiple straight lines
Keywords: 

400, cuatrocientos, números, hair, pelo, cabello, bundle, manojo, tied, atado, nombres de hombres

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

tzon(tli), bundle of hair, sticks, etc., or 400, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tzontli
-e (possessor suffix), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/e-0

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Poseedor de un Peinado (o de 400)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 628v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=339&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 (TR21r)

tzontli (Azca8)

macuiltzontli (Chav1)

tzontli (HJleg208exp2)