Cuitlahuaca (Azca9)

This compound glyph refers to the people of Cuitlahuac, sometimes called a calpulli (in this case, an ethnic group associated with migration). The calpulli name glyph can also double as a place name. The glyph features a building (perhaps meant to be a tecpan, or ruling palace) in profile, open to the right, and representing the place, Cuitlahuac. The building is clearly made from bricks (probably adobe although they have been given a red color). The platform or foundation and the roof both have white horizontal construction. The T-shaped entrance has yellow or golden beams, probably wooden. Above the building is a golden-brown square, seemingly a reference to gold (teocuitlatl) more than excrement (cuitlatl). Water (atl) sprays in four streams off the top of the square and down its right side. Unusually, the water is white with golden droplets or shells, along with lines of current (movement).