Xoma (MH658v)

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Xoma (“Clay Spoon,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a profile view of a horizontal clay spoon (xomatli). The handle (reflective of the ma-, hand, semantic start to the name) is pointing toward the viewer’s left. The business end is curved and shaded, giving it a three dimensionality.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

anto^o. xoma

Gloss Normalization:

Antonio Xoma

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:

Ceramics, Pottery

Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Technology (all types), plus Tools

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

curving, curvy, curved

horizontal

shading and parallel line hatching

three-dimensionality

Keywords:

cucharas, cubiertos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

xoma(tli), clay spoon, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/xomatli
ma(itl), hand, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

Cuchara

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 658v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=397&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).

Historical Contextualizing Image:

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