Teocal (MH793r)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Teocal (“Temple”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a stepped structure that has three levels, growing narrower as they rise. At the top of this temple (teocalli) or pyramid is a horizontal stone (tetl) with its curling ends and diagonal stripes of alternating dark and light across the middle. The stone provides a phonetic indication that the name begins with Te-.