Xayaque (MH732v)

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name, Xayaque (perhaps “Possessor of a Face” or “Mask”), is attested here as a man’s name. It shows a frontal view of a face or mask (xayacatl). Below this is a horizontal stone (tetl) with curling ends. In the middle of the stone is a black and white V-shape, which looks something like a thorn (huitztli). A decipherment of these two elements (stone and thorn) remains elusive. They could have a semantic value. The -e (possessive suffix) could have been provided by a bean (etl), but such is not obvious here.