Xaltepetlapan (MH730r)

This is a black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the place name Xaltepetlapan (perhaps “On the Sandy Mountains”). It shows two large concentric circles. The outer circle forms a white border. The inner circle is divided in half horizontally. The upper half has a woven pattern, recalling the woven mat (petlatl), which is part of the place name. The lower half is dotted, recalling sand (xalli) and stone (tetl), at the start of the place name. The latter could represent pumice (xaltetl) or simply sand (xalli). The mat (petlatl) provides part of the phonetic indication for tepetla (mountains or mountainous region). The locative suffix (-pan, on) is not shown visually, but the house that surrounds the glyph seems to serve as a semantic locative (covering the -pan suffix).