Tecpanecatl (MH783r)

Tecpanecatl (MH783r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name or title, Tecpanecatl is attested here as pertaining to a man. The glyph shows the unique fence-like structure called the cuauhtecpantli, which serves as a phonetic indicator for the Tecpan- start to this title. (Credit to to Marc Thouvenot for pointing this out to me in a personal communication, 30 September 2024.) This is reinforced with the presence in the glyph of a tecpatl (flint knife), another phonetic indicator, this one for the Tecpa- start to the title. The fence or screen has the shape of an uppercase M with a bar across the top that has ties at either end. The flint knife has a pointed oval shape with a diagnostic diagonal line across the middle.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

This name or title is not to be confused with the ethnic identity, Tepanecatl. See some other glyphs for Tecpanecatl below

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

benithō tecphanecatl

Gloss Normalization: 

Benito Tecpanecatl

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: 
compound fully phonographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Occupations
Politics, Power, Governance
Social Hierarchy, Commoners, Elites
Wood, wooden things
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
diagonal or angled
frontal view
leaf, marquise, pointed oval
Keywords: 

cercas, parrillas, rejillas, pedernales, oficio del palacio, nombres de hombres

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

Tecpanecatl, a name and a title, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpanecatl
tecpan, a ruler's palace, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpan
-ecatl (affiliation suffix), typically added to a place ending in -pan, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ecatl-0
cuauhtecpan(tli), a wooden screen, lattice, grate, or grill, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/cuauhtecpantli
tecpa(tl), a flint knife, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/tecpatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

posiblemente, Título u Oficio en el Palacio

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 783r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=640&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: 
"ph" for f, p, or b
"th" for t, d, or gd
intrusive overbar
Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Tecpanecatl (MH785r)