Huapotl (MH698r)

Huapotl (MH698r)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Huapotl (“Sea Bream”) is attested here as a man’s name. It is a type of fish, but the glyph looks a bit more like a small tree growing upward from an eyeball.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Another example of Huapotl in this collection is similarly puzzling. But that one (below) shows a whirlpool (atl) with a stick (fishing pole?) across it.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

anthonio huapotl

Gloss Normalization: 

Antonio Huapotl

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
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
simplex or element as logogram
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Animals, incl. Birds, Bugs, Insects, Reptiles, etc.
Food, Eating, Cooking
Gender (male)
Hunting and Fishing
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Keywords: 

peces, pescado, nombres de hombres

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

huapo(tl), sea bream (a type of fish), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/huapotl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

dorada (un pez)

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 698r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=476&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: 
"th" for t, d, or gd
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Huapotl (MH661r)