Ometoch (MH642v)

Ometoch (MH642v)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph plus notation for the personal name Ometoch ("Two-Rabbit" or "2-Rabbit," attested here as a man's name) shows the head of a rabbit (tochtli) in profile, looking toward the viewer's right). The rabbit's eye is wide open, and its hair is textured or mottled. Its front teeth protrude and are very prominent. Connecting by a line to these teeth are two vertical lines that provide the notation of two (ome).

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Two-Rabbit is a calendrical name taken from the 260-day divinatory calendar called the tonalpohualli. The use of such names was in flux in the colonial context, but this one is traditional. Ometochtli has associations with divine forces linked to octli (pulque, a mildly alcoholic beverage).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

alunso. ometoch

Gloss Normalization: 

Alonso Ometoch

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: 
calendrics
day name
personal name
numbers
Syntax: 
line connecting elements
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)
Numbers, Math
Religion (Indigenous)
Teeth Protruding/Noticeable
Time, Calendar, Frequency
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
dotted, granular, textured
facing right
profile view
spotted or mottled
Keywords: 

calendarios, días, fechas, animales, conejos, deidades, nombres de hombres

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

Ometoch(tli), divine forces associated with pulque, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ometochtli
ome, two, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ome
toch(tli), rabbit, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tochtli

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Dos Conejo, o 2-Conejo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 642v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=367&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: 
"u" for o
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ometoch (MH498r)

Ometoch (MH634v)

Ometochcuacuil (MH618v)