Ayapan (MH745r)

Ayapan (MH745r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name or place of origin, Ayapan (perhaps “Thin Cotton Cloak”), is attested here as pertaining to a man. It is a rectangular, vertical flag (pamitl) on a post. On its lower half, the banner has a mesh, which suggests it is a piece of fabric called ayatl, which has a loose weave of natural fiber. The top half of the banner has three little streams of water (atl), which is a phonetic indicator that this probable place name (identifying the ethnicity of the man) starts with A-.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Ayapan was a fairly common name. Other glyphs for this personal name appear below. It could be a place of origin. If Ayapan is not literally about a cotton flag, perhaps it refers to a perennial plant, so this could be the meaning of the name, and if so, the compound would be fully phonographic.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

ayapa

Gloss Normalization: 

Ayapan

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
phonetic dimensions
phonetic possibilities
place name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Flags, banners
Gender (male)
Movement
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Names (places)
Race, Ethnicity, Identity
Socio-Political Units, Cities, Towns, Neighborhoods
Textiles, Clothing, Hats, Regalia
Water
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
checked, cross-hatched, or mesh
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
rectangular
shimmer, vibrance, shine with warmth & movement
vertical, upright
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inherent/internal/merged
downward
Keywords: 

banderas, capas, telas, textiles, agua, ayates, nombres de hombres

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

aya(tl), cloak, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ayatl
a(tl), water, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/atl
pamitl, flag or banner, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pamitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Bandera de Algodón

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 745r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=568&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: 
"v" for b
dropped "n"
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Ayapan (MH569r)

Ayapan (MH530v)

Ayapan (MH535v)