Tizocicatl (Azca26)

This black and white drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tizocicatl (also known as Tizocic and simply as Tizoc) shows a keyhole shape filled with dots. These dots represent chalk (tizatl), providing the start to the name, Tiz-. The bone that penetrates this shape is like a needle used in sewing (zozo) and it makes the chalk look like a piece of fabric (zotl) that is being sewn with the bone needle. Thus, one or both of these elements provide the -zo- in the middle of the name. If the name originally included the -cica (or -tzica) ending, which sometimes got shortened to -cic, then perhaps that part is also represented by the sewing, which can result in things being fastened together (tzicatica). The final group of objects worth mentioning are the two thorns above and the two below the bone needle. These seem to be a reference to self-sacrifice in the way of bloodletting. An article in Arqueología Mexicana (2016) states that the name Tizocic means “He Who Makes Sacrifices.”