Coayaotequihua (MH746r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name or title, Coayaotequihua (“Serpent War Leader”), is attested here as a man’s name or title. It shows an undulating serpent (coatl) body in profile, as though moving toward the viewer’s right. Its body is dotes, it has a rattler tail, its eye is open, and its bifurcated tongue protrudes. Above and perhaps somewhat behind the snake is something shaped like a capital letter M, but with twisted cords or rope bending over from the top of both corners of the M shape. We learn from other glyphs in this collection that this symbol relates to the Tecpanecatl (usually, providing the phonetic -tecpan- from cuauhtecpantli, but not in this case).