Chalchiuhtlatonac (MH886r)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Chalchiuhtlatonac (perhaps “Divine Force of Water”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a profile view of a person’s face, looking toward the viewer’s right. Linked to the mouth of the face by a line is a precious greenstone (chalchihuitl) with its large central circle and four small circles on the four “corners” of the larger circle. The smaller circles have dots in the center, making them look like beads. The larger circle has short straight lines reaching toward the center from the perimeter, two each on the top and bottom, and one coming in from each side. These lines are vaguely reminiscent of war shield markings. The way the greenstone is connected to the mouth may point to the verb tlatoa, to speak, which could provide a phonetic indicator for the -tlatonac part of the name.