Ahuapactoc (MH810v)

Ahuapactoc (MH810v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ahuapactoc (perhaps “Scold-Happy”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows what may be a woman in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. She may be hugging a child, definitely a person, perhaps male, who is shorter than she is.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This interpretation requires further investigation. It is not clear if the women is scolding a child or hugging a man. Is it possible to be scold-happy in Nahua culture, or is something else going on?

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
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)
verb
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Body postures
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Personality, Behavior
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
profile view
facing left
facing right
Keywords: 

mujer, niño o niña, reñir, de buena salud, contenta, contento, nombres de hombres

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

ahua, to scold or quarrel, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ahua
pactoc, healthy or content, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/pactoc

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Contento de Reñir

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 810v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=695&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: 
"u" for hu
Historical Contextualizing Image: