Ocuillan (TR37r)

This compound glyph for the place name Ocuillan ("Near the Worms") shows a frontal view of a bell-shaped hill or mountain (tepetl), which serves as a semantic locative, given that the locative suffix -lan is not otherwise shown. The hill has six rocky outcroppings, which, if tepetl were part of the reading, would provide the phonetic indication that tepetl starts with te- from tetl. On the front surface of the hill are nine worms (ocuilin), some pink and some terracotta in color. The worms have relatively large heads with little faces, and their bodies are undulating. They appear to be in motion.