Chalchiuhtepehua (MH644r)

Chalchiuhtepehua (MH644r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This is a black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name, Chalchiuhtepehua (if not literally "Mountains of Jade," then this could be "He Throws Jades Down," possibly a metaphor for the action of sacrificing captives after battles). The glyph shows a three-dimensional mountain (tepetl) with the quincunx sign of jade (chalchihuitl) at the top.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

If possession is not meant, then the name could be Chalchiuhtepehua, perhaps "He Throws Jades Down" (with the verb tepehua). If so, then the mountain is a phonetic indicator for the verb. Aside from literal translations, which are unreliable, it is important to know that Chalchiuhtepehua was the name or title of a priest involved in human sacrifice after battles.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

pablo chalchiuhtepeuā

Gloss Normalization:

Pablo Chalchiuhtepehua

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:

phonetic dimensions

Syntax:

noun(s)

possessive pronoun

Writing Features:

compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)

Cultural Content & Iconography:

Gender (male)

Gifts, Offerings, Sacrifice

Landscape Features

Metaphors, Proverbs, Riddles

Religion (Indigenous)

Turquoise or Jade

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

circle(s) (small, often concentric)

frontal view

quincunx or quatrefoil

shading and parallel line hatching

three-dimensionality

Parts (compounds or simplex + notation):

Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation):

downward

Keywords:

jades, piedras preciosas, cerros, montañas, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

chalchiuhtepehua, a priest involved in sacrifice, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchiuhtepehua
chalchihui(tl), jade, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/chalchihuitl
tepehua, to throw down or defeat, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepehua
tepe(tl), hill or mountain, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tepetl
-hua, possessive singular nominal suffix, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/hua

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

La Montaña Que Tiene Jades

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 644r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=370&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:

dropped "h"

intrusive overbar

Historical Contextualizing Image: