tlama (MH843r)

tlama (MH843r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the noun Tlama ("Physician," "Surgeon," or "Healer," attested here as a man's occupation) shows a ceramic container in profile, facing right. It has a rounded body and a curving handle on the left side. Sticking out of the top of the pot are either medical instruments or plants that were used as medicinals.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The glyph for tlamatqui (health practitioner) is somewhat similar to this one, but it shows a bag or sack with something emerging from the top.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

tlama

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: 
Ceramics, Pottery
Containers, Dishes, Eating Utensils
Health, Medicine
Occupations
Plants, Flora
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
curving, curvy, curved
facing right
frontal view
profile view
Keywords: 

médico, doctor, medicina, curador

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

tlama, surgeon, physician, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tlama-1

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 843R, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=760&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: 
See Also: 

tlama (MH833v)

tlama (MH833v)

tlamatqui (MH628v)

tlamatqui (MH628v)