Nauhtene (MH674r)

Nauhtene (MH674r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Nauhtene (perhaps “Four Sharp Blades” or “Sharp Language”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows four (nahui), straight, seemingly sharp black blades (nene) fanning out of the tribute payer’s mouth. Just beyond each blade is a speech (nahuatl) scroll.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

It is difficult to say if the Nauh- start to the name is logographic or phonetic, as both the “four” and the “language” are represented visually and alphabetically, and one of the visuals could well be a phonetic complement.

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: 
numbers
personal name
phonetic possibilities
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Numbers, Math
Scrolls (Speech, Song, etc.)
Speech, Speaking, Oral Tradition
Technology (all types), plus Tools
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black
red
white/neutral
Shapes and Perspectives: 
volute(s)
profile view
facing right
Parts (compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
outward (from inside out)
Keywords: 

números, lenguaje, idiomas, cuatro, afiladas, cuchillos, nombres de hombres

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

nahua(tl), language, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/nahuatl
tene, sharp, with a cutting edge, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tene
tetenatic, sharp on both sides, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tetenatic

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente Cuatro Cuichillas Afiladas, o Lenguage Agudo

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 674r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=428&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: 

Nauhtene (MH522v)

Nauhacatl (MH718r)

Nauhecatl (MH736r)

nauhtecpantli (Osu2r)

Nauhyotepi (MH608r)