temazcalli (Mglb77r)

This example of iconography shows a sweat house or steam bath (temazcalli). It is a rectangular building with a rounded fire structure on the left and a water reservoir on the right. The main building, in the middle, has a small entryway bounded by wooden beams. A glyph for water appears inside, with its turquoise blue color and water droplet/bead splashing off the top of the flow. Above the door is a representation of what appears to be an anthropomorphic figure, likely a female, in a frontal view. Her white hair looks something like cotton. Her white clothing has upward pointing chevrons. Her mouth has a thick black outline, and two black circles appear on her cheeks appears a female figure. Similar, but larger black circles (obsidian mirrors?) appear on the building, on either side of the lintel of the entryway. Horizontally, and about even with the middle of the figure’s face, the ends of round wooden beams protrude from the building. Above that are three rows of what are probably adobe bricks. The entire structure is a gray-purple color that might suggest adobe. Flames emerged from the fire structure, and smoke or steam comes out from both the fire structure and the building where the bathing would take place. In the lower left corner, a woman is feeding the fire with more wood (in her right hand), while also holding perhaps a staff in her left hand.