Tlachma (MH895r)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name Tlachma (“Ballcourt Walls”) is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows a bird’s eye view of a partial ballcourt (just a T-shaped court, with the lower crossing end missing). In front of the court is a frontal view of a (left) hand. Ballcourt is tlachtli, and tlachmatl refers to the walls of the court. The hand is therefore a phonetic indicator of the second part of the term. Hand (usually maitl) is also seen spelled matl, especially when referring to land measurements.