Ocelotzin (GDPO)

Ocelotzin (GDPO)
Simplex Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Ocelotzin (“Jaguar”) is attested here as a man’s name. It is a name in the reverential (with the -tzin suffix), indicating a man of high social status, which the contextualizing image also supports. The glyph shows the head of a jaguar in profile, facing toward the viewer’s right. Its coat is spotted. Its teeth are showing, and its red tongue is protruding.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Ocelotzin was a noble from the area of Tlaxcala. The document aims to establish rights to inherit land between about 1580 and 1600.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Semantic Categories: 
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

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Keywords: 

tecuhtli, lord, animales, jaguares, nombres de hombres

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

Jaguar

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Genealogy and Properties of the Descendants of Ocelotzin, 1580, https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:6d8ad557-0b45-41db-85b...

Image Source, Rights: 

No attribution (artist), Stendahl Art Galleries (Former owner), Huntington Art Galleries (Former owner). Genealogy and Properties of the Descendants of Ocelotzin - University of Texas Libraries Collections. 1580. Public Domain. https://collections.lib.utexas.edu/catalog/utblac:6d8ad557-0b45-41db-85b...

Historical Contextualizing Image: