tomin (Osu13r)

tomin (Osu13r)
Simplex Glyph
Notation

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This simplex glyph from the Codex Osuna, folio 13 recto (or Image 28), shows a frontal view of two coins, each one with three small circles inside. If the tlacuilo had more space, he might have drawn six coins (along the lines of the glyph for the name Chiucnauh, below), but instead he drew two and added the smaller interior circles to tell how many were involved in the transaction (a total of six). Incidentally, tomin could also simply mean "money."

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The text that accompanies these images refers to a fine of two pesos, but six tomines is only worth a peso and a half. As in other examples herein, one can teach notation as a mathematical equation, such as two times three equals six (2 x 3 = 6) or (3 + 3 = 6).

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Source Manuscript: 
Osuna, Codex (Osu)
Date of Manuscript: 

1551–1565

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Mexico City

Semantic Categories: 
numbers
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Money, Coins, Prices
Numbers, Math
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
blue (turquoise)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
circle, circular or rounded
circle(s) (small, often concentric)
frontal view
Keywords: 

monedas, reales, dinero, números, tomines

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

tomin, one eighth of a peso or one real, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tomin

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

un real

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Library of Congress Online Catalog and the World Digital Library, Osuna Codex, or Painting of the Governor, Mayors, and Rulers of Mexico (Pintura del Gobernador, Alcaldes y Regidores de México), https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_07324/. The original is located in the Biblioteca Nacional de España.

Image Source, Rights: 

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Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tomin (MH569v)

medio tomin (Chav1)

Chiucnauh (MH631v)