Mazacatl (MH895v)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Mazacatl (literally, Hand-Grass, but perhaps intending “Bewitcher”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of the palm-side of a right hand (maitl). A line indicating the thenar (pad near the thumb) gives the hand a slight three-dimensionality. The hand has a long thin arm below it, perhaps intending to convey a hint about long blades of grass or straw (zacatl). The hand is a phonetic indicator that the name starts with Ma-, especially if the translation “Bewitcher” is the one intended.