Necuametl (MH782v)

Necuametl (MH782v)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description:

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Necuametl ("Small Spiny Agave," attested here as a man’s name) depicts a small agave with a large vertical and curling stalk coming up from the plant below. The stalk has spikes or blossoms on it, reminiscent of a blooming century plant.

Description, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis:

Note the variety of necuametl hieroglyphs below, including a nopal plant, a palm tree, feathers, and what appears to be a tree trunk with the branches cut off. The name Necuametl was apparently held by a governor of Chalco. [See: Manuel Orozco y Berra, Historia antigua y de la conquista de México: 3.pte (1880, 310).] There was also a tecuhtli named Ome Miquiztli Necuametl of what is now the state of Puebla. [See: Historia Tolteca-Chichimeca, eds. Paul Kirchhoff, Lina Odena Güemes, y Luis Reyes García (México: CISINAH, INAH-SEP, 1976), 138–140.] Perhaps one of these famous men called Necuametl was associated with a type of feathered headdress that this single feather is meant to recall.

Added Analysis, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image:

Gloss Diplomatic Transcription:

damia . nequametl

Gloss Normalization:

Damián Necuametl

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:

Gender (male)

Names (personal and/or theonym)

Plants, Flora

Cultural Content, Credit:

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors:

black & white drawing (no color)

Shapes and Perspectives:

spiky

spiraling, swirling, coiling, curling

Keywords:

plantas, magueyes, nombres famosos, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image:

Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s):

necuametl, a spiny agave, a palm tree, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/necuametl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation:

posiblemente, Maguey Espinoso Pequeño

Spanish Translation, Credit:

Stephanie Wood

Image Source:

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 782v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=639&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:

"q" for c

dropped "n"

intrusive period

Historical Contextualizing Image: