Tlacotzin (MH713v)

This black-line drawing of the simplex glyph for the personal name, Tlacotzin (perhaps, “Middle Child”), is attested here as a man’s name. The glyph shows an enslaved person (tlacotli) wearing a loop around his neck, and the loop is attached to a stick (tlacotl). These are phonetic indicators for the middle child name Tlaco. This version has a reverential suffix, which argues all the more for “middle child” over “enslaved person.” The reverencial suffix (-tzin) is not shown visually.