teltapach (Mdz10v)

This element for teltapach (liver) has been carved from the compound sign for the place name, Tampatel. The liver looks something like a flower. It is predominantly red, but there is a small yellow base, yellow tips on what look like two petals, and a yellow rounded interior emerging between the two petal-like shapes. The shape and color compare in interesting ways to the heart (yollotl), below on the right. We should also remember that the top of a severed arm (acolli) has red and yellow colors where liquid seeps out in Acolhuacan, as does the opening of the tepetl) as seen in the way it leaks in Ixicayan, and often the lining of a canal (apantli) will have red and yellow layers closest to the water as seen in Ahuilizapan.