Oxihuacan (MH730r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the place name Oxihuacan ("Where They Have Turpentine Unguent") is attested here as a man's name. It shows a frontal view of two, symmetrical, dark gray or black ceramic pots with a white arching handle that connects them. These pots must have been used as containers for oxitl, a black turpentine unguent. A frontal view of a building surrounding the pots provides a semantic visual for the -can locative (“where”), explaining that this is a place. The -hua of possession is not shown visually.