Chapoltepec (Mxnus35)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the place name Chapoltepec (“Grasshopper Hill") shows a frontal view of a bell-shaped hill (tepetl) with an unusual pattern, perhaps mimicking the texture on the insect's spiracle (see this diagram of a grasshopper). This hill glyph does not have the usual rocky outcroppings on the slopes, but it does have a horizontal stripe at the base (in white). The grasshopper is crawling up the hill, in a profile view, facing toward the viewer's right. The antennae are standing upright, the forelegs are curving under, the wings have a mesh pattern and are raised up, the body curves slightly around the top of the hill, and the joints of the long hind legs are bent as though ready to jump.