Tecpanecatl (MH591r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Tecpanecatl ("Person Associated with the Tecpan, or Palace") is attested here as a man's name. Alternately, it could be an occupation, title, or ethnicity. The tecpan was a palace of a lord (tecuhtli). The name's ending, -ecatl, suggests that the person had an affiliation with a tecpan or tecpancalli. The Tecpan- start to the name seems to be provided by a wooden structure called a cuauhtecpantli (as graciously suggested by Marc Thouvenot in a personal communication, 30 September 2024). If so, it is serving as a phonetic indicator. The right and left sides seem to be upright wooden beams. A triangular point appears at the center-bottom of the device. Between the beams is a horizontal stone with its typical curling ends and diagonal stripes. The stone provides another phonetic element, this one for the start of the name ("Te-"). Bending out and away from the tops of the two upright beams are perhaps ropes (mecatl), a near homophone for the -ecatl suffix. Thus, this compound is fully phonographic.