Xilotl (MH600r)
This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Xilotl (“Tender Ear of Corn,” attested here as a woman’s name) shows a vertical ear of corn with a leaf on the left side and silk at the top, leaning toward the right. The kernels are visible.
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The contextualizing image shows that this is an older (wrinkled) woman, probably a widow, who just might have been born before the Spanish invasion and colonization of Mexico. Incidentally, Xilotl is a common name in the Matrícula de Huexotzinco. A few examples appear below. Also, note how the name Ana is written with a line over it (an intrusive overbar, because there is no missing "n"). This was also common. Sometimes the name is written Anan.
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aña x[i]lotl
Ana Xilotl
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1560
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maize, maíz, corn, ears, cobs, mazorcas, jilotes, food, comida
xilo(tl), tender ear of maize, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xilotl
Mazorca Tierna, Jilote, Elote
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Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 600r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=279st=image.
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