Cuauhtepotzo (MH732v)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name, Cuauhtepotzo (perhaps “Pole Latch” or “Lock”), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows the head of an eagle (cuauhtli), which serves as the phonetic indicator for the Cuauh- (here, wooden pole). The eagle’s head is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer’s left. Its eye and beak are open. Below the eagle’s head is what appears to be a human body. The waist band of the loin cloth lets the viewer know that this is a man. He has a large lump (hunchback, tepotzotli) on his back. The hatching where the lump meets his back provides some three-dimensionality. The hunchback is also a phonetic indicator for the second part of the term cuauhtepotzotli, a lock or a latch on a post.