Olin (MH574r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Olin (“Movement,” attested here as a man’s name) shows a frontal view of a quincunx (a quadripartite symbol with a center), which is known to represent movement (olin) such as that relating to earthquakes but also the jiggling and bouncing of rubber balls, among other forms of movement. At the center is what may be a black rubber ball (olli), serving as both a phonetic and semantic indicator or complement. The "wings" of the movement sign (if that is what they are) here bracket a central axis that has a point at the top. The wings also have small squares at the four tips. These squares are a feather that stands out as somewhat different from other examples (see below).