coatequitl (Verg16r)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name coatequitl (“Tribute Labor,” attested here as a man’s name) includes three elements. In the lower right is a clay jug (comitl) providing the "Co-" phonetic start to the name. Coming out of the top of the container and bending to the left is a stream of water (atl) with four splashes and alternating droplets/bead and turbinate shells at the tips. Finally, in the upper left is a horizontal rectangle with two wavy lines dividing the rectangle into three approximately even portions or sections. This rectangle speaks to the part of the word that is -tequitl (work). This rectangle suggests a piece of woven cloth, but it might also be an agricultural field.