zoquichiuhqui (MH628v)

zoquichiuhqui (MH628v)
Simplex Hieroglyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This red-line drawing of the simplex glyph for zoquichiuhqui ("potter") represents an occupation. It is a rounded jug with a small handle on each side and an open mouth.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

The term for potter breaks down into mud/clay (zoquitl) and maker (chiuhqui). Another very similar glyph seen for potter--but with a different vocabulary term--is conchiuhqui (see below). This comes from comitl (ceramic jug), plus chiuhqui.

Gloss or Text Image:

Gloss/Text Diplomatic Transcription:

çoq~chiuhq~

Gloss/Text Normalization:

zoquichiuhqui

Gloss/Text Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript:

Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)

Date of Manuscript:

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage):

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Syntax:

noun(s)

Writing Features:

simplex or element as logogram

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Occupations

Pottery, Earthenware

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

red

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle, circular or rounded

frontal view

vertical, upright

Keywords:

oficio, occupations, vasijas, trabajo, work, earthenware, ceramic, ceramics, cerámicas, jug, pot, olla, jarra, jarro, vessel, vessels, vasija de cerámica, cántaro, cántaros, xoctli, xoctepi, huicolli, atlacuihuani, tecomitl, tecontontli, apilolli

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

zoqui(tl), clay, mud, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/zoquitl
chiuhqui, maker, worker in this, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chiuhqui

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

la ceramista

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

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