Tecochehua (MH818r)

Tecochehua (MH818r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tecochehua (perhaps “He Awakens People”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a man in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. He is wrapped in a blanket, and his eyes are closed. Another man’s head faces toward the sleeping person, and his arms and hands reach out to awaken the sleeper. The cloth around the sleeping person has some shading and three-dimensionality.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

The man with this name is a widower. Tears stream down his face.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Keywords: 

sleep, wake up, dormir, levantarse, despertar, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 
Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Despertador

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 818r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=710&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).

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