Tecpatzinco (Mdz8r)

This compound glyph for the place name Tecpatzinco includes three prominent elements. One is the upright flint knife (tecpatl), which provides the start to the place name. It sits on a hill or mountain (tepetl), which may serve as the locative or provide information about the location of the place, but it does not have a phonetic contribution here. Below the mountain is the lower half of a human male. The emphasis is on the rear end or buttocks (tzintli) of the person, providing the phonetic indicator for the locative (-tzinco) meaning "little," "lower," or "new" regarding the town name. The final -co locative, but itself, does not appear visually. The person's body is painted a terracotta-orange. Visible to viewers is the white belt that would pertain to his loincloth. He is sitting (cutoff at the middle) upright, in profile, facing to the viewer's left. The flint knife is pointed at the top, and it is half red, half white, divided diagonally at about the middle.