Cihuapanonoc (MH502r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Cihuapanonoc ("On the Horizontal Woman," attested here as a man’s name) shows a horizontal (onoc) woman (cihuatl), face up, in a three-quarter view, heading in the direction of the viewer's right. Her hands and feet are not visible. The -pan- element of the name is not obvious, but it suggests a reading of "on." Alternatively, pano could read "to cross over." Thus, perhaps she is on the ground, perhaps she is serving as a metaphorical bridge for others to cross over.

The woman wears the standard dress for an Indigenous woman of a sedentary society, with her huipilli (blouse) and cueitl (skirt). Her hair is twisted up with the points above--in the neaxtlahualli style--that show she is an adult/married woman.