Motecuhzoma (TR41r)

This colorful compound glyph for the personal name Motecuhzoma (the name of two famous Mexica rulers) shows a turquoise blue, black, red, and yellow diadem (a semantic indicator for tecuhtli, also spelled teuctli, meaning lord), and so providing the phonetic part of the name that is -tecuh-). The crown-like headgear is shown in profile, facing toward the viewer's right. Some feathers (ihuitl) are just visible above the red trim. Perhaps these are a near homophonic indicator for Ilhuicamina ("He Who Shoots Arrows at the Sky"), the elder Motecuhzoma, a mid-fifteenth century ruler. The black details consist of two horizontal stripes near the top of the diadem. The red trim is what comes to be tied in the back. Hair (tzontli) shows below the diadem, providing the phonetic indicator for the final part of the name (-zoma).