Tozan (MH642r)

Tozan (MH642r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tozan ("Gopher") is attested here as pertaining to a man. It shows a gopher in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. It is sitting in an upright position. The animal has his visible eye open. Protruding from his mouth is a huge fang. His right paw shows very long claws--presumably for more effective digging.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

toça

Gloss Normalization: 

Tozan

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: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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

gophers, taltuzas, animales

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

tozan, gopher, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tozan

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Tusa

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 642r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=366st=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
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tozan (MH490v)

Tozan (MH515r)

Tozan (MH495v)

Tozan (MH504v)

Tozan (MH624v)

tozan (TR46r)