Chalchiuhtepehua (MH764r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Chalchiuhtepehua (perhaps, “Possessor of Greenstone Mountain”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a hill or mountain (tepetl) of the variety seen in some representations, with what looks to be something like a cave that is the shape of a womb. [See, for example, the first destination after leaving Aztlan in the Codex Boturini.] The cave has shading that gives it a depth. Below and partially obscuring the base of the hill and cave is a single, oval-shaped, large jade or greenstone (chalchihuitl) bead on a twisted cord.