Mazanahui (MH745r)

This black-line drawing for the simplex glyph of the personal name, Mazanahui or Nahui Mazatl (“Four Mazatl” or “4-Mazatl,” and in English, “Four Deer,”), which is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph is simple a frontal view of a hand (maitl), which is a phonetic indicator for the starting sound, Ma-, of mazatl (deer). The gloss gives an apocopation for mazatl and then adds four ones in Roman numerals. Usually, the number comes first and then the day sign, even though the gloss does not give it this way. Mazatl is a day sign in the 260-day religious divinatory calendary, the tonalpohualli.