Apazco (Azca14)

This painting of the compound glyph for the place name Apazco (“In the Cup” or “In the Bowl”) has two elements. One is the sign of a hill or mountain (tepetl) with the horizontal yellow and red slits at the bottom where spring water (atl) could emerge. The tepetl has the curling shapes of the ends of a stone (tetl). This bell-shaped landscape feature might also be interpreted here as an altepetl, a socio-political unit. The other element of this compound is a cup or bowl (apaztli) with a handle on the left and another one on the right, both near the lip. The cup is dark pink on the left side and gray on the right. Perhaps the tlacuilo was providing shading for three-dimensionality. The handles are pink, too. The hill is light brown and gray; again, the gray may intend shading. The locative suffix (-co) may be implied in the hill.