Nauhacatl (MH662v)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Nauhacatl (“Four Reed” or “4-Reed”) is attested here as a man’s name. It can also be spelled Nahui Acatl. The glyph shows an early rendition of the acatl glyph–as a segmented cane with two upright leaves on each side. Above the reed is a vertical line of four small circles, each one a counter. So, this is a calendrical date, taken from the 260-day religious divinatory calendar called the tonalpohualli, which combines day names, such as acatl, with a number between 1 and 13.