Zomal (MH783v)

Zomal (MH783v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Zomal (“Anger” or perhaps “Angry”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a nude man in a horizontal position as though lying on the ground. His mouth is open and his left arm is bent at the elbow and raised slightly.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Figures that are unclothed often appear in vulnerable positions. This man is not angry (zomalli) in a menacing way, although he may be upset, given that his mouth is open. Zomal is not a common name, but some names end in zoma (to frown in anger) such as appear below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā çomal

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Zomal

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: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Emotions
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Nudity
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
facing upward
horizontal
profile view
Keywords: 

ira, enojo, enojado, desnudez, tirado al suelo, nombres de hombres

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

zomal(li), anger, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zomalli
zoma, to frown in anger, to become angry, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zoma

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Coraje

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 783v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=641&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: 

Motlahuizoma (MH633v)

Mocuicazoma (MH741v)

Motecuhzoma (Mdz15v)

Motecuhzoma (TR41r)

Ayaquica (MH535v)

Cuicui (MH536r)

micqui (Mdz12r)