Acamapich (MH630v)

Acamapich (MH630v)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Acamapich is attested here as a man's name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a fist (mapichtli) full of reeds (acatl). This is a left hand. The reeds are vertical and segmented, something like bamboo or a cane-like plant that is called carrizo in Spanish.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

Acamapichtli was the name of a ruler of Tenochtitlan and a ruler of Coyoacan, so it was a famous and illustrious name.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

Juan
acamapich

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Acamapich

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 logographic
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Plants, Flora
Weapons, Shields, Armor
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
segmented
vertical, upright
Parts (of compounds or simplex + notation): 
2
Reading Order (Compounds or Simplex + Notation): 
inherent/internal/merged
left to right
Keywords: 

ruler's names, Tenochtitlan, reeds, cañas, carrizos, plants, arrows, darts, flechas, dardas, nombres de hombres, nombres de gobernantes

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

Acamapich(tli), a personal name, a "Handful of Reed Arrows," is a name associated with the first ruler of Tenochtitlan, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acamapichtli
aca(tl), reed(s) or arrow(s), https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/acatl
ma(itl), hand or arm, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/maitl
mapich(tli), fist, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mapichtli
ma, take or capture, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/ma-0
mi(tl), arrow, dart, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mitl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Agarra Flechas

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 630v, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=343st=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: 

Acamapichtli (Mdz2v)