Matlactli Olin (CQ)

The combined simplex glyph for movement (Olin) and notation for the number 10 (Matlactli) is a date for a given day from the 260-day divinatory calendar, as deciphered in Nahuatl. For Mesoamericans, calendrics play an important role in their religious view of the cosmos.

In this case, 10-Olin is also the personal name of a ruler who lived in Southern Puebla. The sign for movement looks something like a butterfly, with wings on each side of a central axis (which has the shape of a spine or thorn with a circle in the middle). The overall shape is a quincunx. The notation consists of a row of five vertical circles on the left side, and a row of five horizontal circles across the top. The circles show a pattern in the choice of colors, red, yellow, and turquoise blue, and repeating, if we start from the upper right corner.