Atototl (Mdz2r)

This compound sign is a personal name of a male Aztec lord, Atototl. The glyph is comprised of two elements, atl (water) and the head of a tototl (bird), referring to a water bird. The bird is shown only as a head, in profile, facing left. While the eye and beak are left uncolored, the head is otherwise green. The water (turquoise blue, with wavy lines showing movement, and white droplets/beads and turbinate shells coming off the flow) swirls around the head of the bird and then downward to the left.

In the historical context image, the man sits on a green, tied bundle, he wears a plain white cape that covers not only his body but his uplifted knees. He has bare feet that stick out from underneath the cape. He wears an earplug that his the same tan flesh tone as his skin. He has short bangs with hair down to his shoulders, and at the top of his head is a ponytail (tzontli)?] standing straight up. It is wrapped and tied in a red leather thong. He sits in profile, looking to the viewer's left.